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¨¨--^^$£¶# sixteen years, together with my dad in #¶£$^^--¨¨
¨-~^$*£¶## a huge bath house / spa / hotel / ##¶£*$^~-¨
¨-~^$*£¶¶# shopping centre. dad was constatly #¶¶£*$^~-¨
¨-^$*£¶### pointing out hot girls to me. "you see ###¶£*$^-¨
¨¨¨¨~$$£¶# that black-haired thing dissapearing #¶£$$~¨¨¨¨
¨-~^$***£# behind the clothes rack? oof!" he'd #£***$^~-¨
¨¨¨¨--^*££ 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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