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@#@££^†~:. sixteen years, together with my dad in .:~†^££@#@
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###@£^†~:. 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, .:~†^£@##@
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#££†:..... 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 .:~†^£@#@#
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###@£^†~:. i found her crying behind two fern .:~†^£@###
@£^~...... vases. she was beautiful, and as i ......~^£@
@#@@£^†~:. approached, she looked up and sniveled. .:~†^£@@#@
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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 .....~^^@#
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#@#@£^†~:. freaky dad, she doesn't have taste?" .:~†^£@#@#
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#@#@£^†~:. she then took me by the hand and led me .:~†^£@#@#
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#@#@£^†~:. 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 ...:~~^£@@
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###@£^†~:. 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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