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####§£*:-^ IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE ^-:*£§####
###§£*:-^¨ SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN ¨^-:*£§###
##§£*:-^¨¨ A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / ¨¨^-:*£§##
#§£*:-^¨¨¨ SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY ¨¨¨^-:*£§#
§£*:-^¨¨¨¨ POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE ¨¨¨¨^-:*£§
£*:-^¨¨¨¨¨ THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING ¨¨¨¨¨^-:*£
*:-^¨¨¨¨¨¨ BEHIND THE CLOTHES RACK? OOF!" HE'D ¨¨¨¨¨¨^-:*
:-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ SAY. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CREEPY ABOUT ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-:
-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THIS, GOING FOR GIRLS MY AGE. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THIS NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO WOO A ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ GIRL HE CALLED A "MOUSE" BY BUYING HER ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ SHOES, BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED THEM ONLY ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-
:-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-:
*:-^¨¨¨¨¨¨ GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN ¨¨¨¨¨¨^-:*
£*:-^¨¨¨¨¨ A MAIN BOULEVARD, WIDE AS A STREET, ¨¨¨¨¨^-:*£
§£*:-^¨¨¨¨ FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN ¨¨¨¨^-:*£§
#§£*:-^¨¨¨ AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE ¨¨¨^-:*£§#
##§£*:-^¨¨ WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM ¨¨^-:*£§##
###§£*:-^¨ TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ¨^-:*£§###
####§£*:-^ DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ^-:*£§####
###§£*:-^¨ WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT ¨^-:*£§###
##§£*:-^¨¨ EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE ¨¨^-:*£§##
#§£*:-^¨¨¨ PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE. ¨¨¨^-:*£§#
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:-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ FOLLOWING THE BOULEVARD, TWO FLOORS UP ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-:
-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ I FOUND HER CRYING BEHIND TWO FERN ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ BOTH THE SHOES. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-
:-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-:
*:-^¨¨¨¨¨¨ WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND ¨¨¨¨¨¨^-:*
£*:-^¨¨¨¨¨ COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO ¨¨¨¨¨^-:*£
§£*:-^¨¨¨¨ YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A ¨¨¨¨^-:*£§
#§£*:-^¨¨¨ FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ¨¨¨^-:*£§#
##§£*:-^¨¨ BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. ¨¨^-:*£§##
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####§£*:-^ SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME ^-:*£§####
###§£*:-^¨ OUT A SIDE ROUTE TO A CLOSED-OFF ¨^-:*£§###
##§£*:-^¨¨ ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ¨¨^-:*£§##
#§£*:-^¨¨¨ AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND ¨¨¨^-:*£§#
§£*:-^¨¨¨¨ THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING ¨¨¨¨^-:*£§
£*:-^¨¨¨¨¨ CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED ¨¨¨¨¨^-:*£
*:-^¨¨¨¨¨¨ OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY ¨¨¨¨¨¨^-:*
:-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ AROUND BY THE LIGHT SHINING DOWN FROM ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-:
-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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