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.,»^*$¤#@@ sixteen years, together with my dad in @@#¤$*^»,.
.,»^*$¤#@# a huge bath house / spa / hotel / #@#¤$*^»,.
..,,»*$¤¤¤ shopping centre. dad was constatly ¤¤¤$*»,,..
.,»*$¤#@## pointing out hot girls to me. "you see ##@#¤$*»,.
.,»^^^***¤ that black-haired thing dissapearing ¤***^^^»,.
.,»^*$$$$¤ behind the clothes rack? oof!" he'd ¤$$$$*^»,.
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.,»^*$¤#@@ this, going for girls my age. @@#¤$*^»,.
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......»*¤¤ this night he had just tried to woo a ¤¤*»......
.....»»^*¤ girl he called a "mouse" by buying her ¤*^»».....
.,»^*$¤¤¤¤ shoes, but she had accepted them only ¤¤¤¤$*^»,.
.,»^*$¤@## to run away immediately afterward. dad ##@¤$*^»,.
.,»^*$¤#@# was a bit bummed but dropped it #@#¤$*^»,.
....,»^**¤ quickly. i said goodnight to him and ¤**^»,....
.....,^$## went looking for the mouse. ##$^,.....
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.,»»»*$$¤# the building was enormous and mazelike. #¤$$*»»»,.
.,»^*$¤#@# walls, floors and pillars were set in #@#¤$*^»,.
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.,»^*$¤#@# framed with clay vases dark as obsidian #@#¤$*^»,.
....»^^*¤# and taller than a person. in each vase #¤*^^»....
.,»^*$¤#@# was placed upright a leaf from a palm #@#¤$*^»,.
.,»^*$¤### tree or giant fern. the boulevard was ###¤$*^»,.
.,»^*$¤¤#@ dimly lit, which allowed the pools that @#¤¤$*^»,.
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.,»^*$¤#@# each floor would reflect suggestive #@#¤$*^»,.
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.,»^*$¤#@# i found her crying behind two fern #@#¤$*^»,.
.,»^*$¤#@# vases. she was beautiful, and as i #@#¤$*^»,.
.,»^*$$$## 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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