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,,«=%£&@@@ mouse girl likes shoes @@@&£%=«,,
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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. @@&££%=«,,
,,«=%£&@@# #@@&£%=«,,
,,«=%&@@## 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. #@@&£%=«,,
,,,,«=%£&@ @&£%=«,,,,
,,«=%£&@@# 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. #@@&£%=«,,
,,,««%£&&@ @&&£%««,,,
,,«=====£& 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. @£%=,,,,,,
,,«=%£&@@# #@@&£%=«,,
,,,,,«%£&@ 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. &£%««,,,,,
,,«=%£&@@# #@@&£%=«,,
,,,«==%&&@ 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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,,«=%%%££@ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) @££%%%=«,,
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