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#¤¤¤£$\~^. A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / .^~\$£¤¤¤#
#@#¤£$\~^. 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 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 .....^~$$¤
#@#¤£$\~^. WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM .^~\$£¤#@#
@#£££$\~^. TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS .^~\$£££#@
#@#¤£$\~^. DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT .^~\$£¤#@#
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¤£$$$$\~^. EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE .^~\$$$$£¤
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##@¤£$\~^. FOLLOWING THE BOULEVARD, TWO FLOORS UP .^~\$£¤@##
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##£$~^.... VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I ....^~$£##
¤$~~...... APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ......~~$¤
#@#¤£$\~^. IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED .^~\$£¤#@#
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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 .^~\$£¤¤¤#
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#£$\\~^^^. COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO .^^^~\\$£#
##£\\^^... 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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