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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-»/ Sixteen Years, Together With My Dad In /»-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨-»/*@ 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 »-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 #@*/»-¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-»/ 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 #@#@*/»-¨¨
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¨¨-»/*@#@# 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-» 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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