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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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#¶$^^-,,,, SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT ,,,,-^^$¶#
#@$§^-,,,, DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ,,,,-^§$@#
###¶$§^«-, CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ,-«^§$¶###
##¶@$§^«-, SAID - ,-«^§$@¶##
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