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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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