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¨¨¨¨¨~$§§# A  Huge Bath  House  /  Spa  /  Hotel  / #§§$~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.†£# Shopping centre.     Dad  Was  Constatly #£†.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨..~$§ Pointing Out Hot Girls  To Me.  "You See §$~..¨¨¨¨¨
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¨.~†$£§### Behind  The  Clothes  Rack?  Oof!"  He'D ###§£$†~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.†$$§ Say.  He  Was  Always Very  Creepy About §$$†.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~†$£§### This,   Going   For    Girls   My   Age. ###§£$†~.¨
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¨.~†$£§§## This  Night He  Had Just Tried To Woo  A ##§§£$†~.¨
¨.~†$£§### Girl He Called A  "Mouse"  By Buying Her ###§£$†~.¨
¨.~†$£§### Shoes, But  She Had  Accepted  Them Only ###§£$†~.¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨.†$§ Was   A  Bit  Bummed  But   Dropped   It §$†.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~†$§ Quickly. I  Said  Goodnight  To  Him And §$†~.¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.~†$££§       Went Looking For The Mouse.        §££$†~.¨¨¨
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¨¨.~†$££§# Walls,  Floors And Pillars Were  Set  In #§££$†~.¨¨
¨.~†$£§### Green Marble.  Throughout The  House Ran ###§£$†~.¨
¨.~†$£§### A  Main Boulevard,  Wide  As  A  Street, ###§£$†~.¨
¨¨¨¨.~$£§# Framed With Clay  Vases Dark As Obsidian #§£$~.¨¨¨¨
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¨.~†$£§### Vases.  She  Was  Beautiful,  And  As  I ###§£$†~.¨
¨.~†$£§### Approached, She Looked Up  And Sniveled. ###§£$†~.¨
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¨.~†$£§### Stay There, And Ran To  Get Her A Better ###§£$†~.¨
¨.~†$£§§§# Pair  Of  Shoes  That She Would Actually #§§§£$†~.¨
¨.~†$£§### Like.  When  I  Returned,  Having  Spent ###§£$†~.¨
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¨.~†$£§### Was  Visibly Impressed. I Tried To Sound ###§£$†~.¨
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¨.~†$£§### Freaky Dad,  She  Doesn'T  Have  Taste?" ###§£$†~.¨
¨.~†$£§### But  Mouse  Girl  Just  Laughed  At  Me. ###§£$†~.¨
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¨.~†$££§§# Off,  But We  Could  Still  See  Our Way #§§££$†~.¨
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¨.~†$£§### Down  On  My  Knees,  And  Then  Crawled ###§£$†~.¨
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