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Mardou told Leo about an incident in which she found herself out in an alley in the rain naked. She was at a party and when she came back inside she had a fist fight with Jack Steen. Everyone in the room was high. No one seemed to react to her presence although she remained naked. Earlier, she had been in a store with Jack when she saw a beautiful brooch that Jack said would look beautiful on her brown skin. Mardou decided she had to have it ran to a friend's house to borrow $2 so she could buy it. She went to a coffee shop first where she knew everyone wanted to look at her. But they were afraid of her and the electric vibrations coming from her eyes. She bought the brooch and had ten cents left. She went...