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¨:~\%@&@## ##@&@%\~:¨
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¨:~\%@&@## ##@&@%\~:¨
¨:~\%%%&&# mouse girl likes shoes #&&%%%\~:¨
¨¨¨¨::\%&& &&%\::¨¨¨¨
¨:~\%@&@## \ \ \ \ ##@&@%\~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨~%@@& &@@%~¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~\%@&@## 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. #&&%%%\~:¨
¨:~\%@&&&# #&&&@%\~:¨
¨¨¨:\\@&&# \ \ \ \ #&&@\\:¨¨¨
¨:~\%&@### ###@&%\~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~%@@ 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 - ##@&@%\~:¨
¨:~\%@@&&@ @&&@@%\~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~\@& \ \ \ \ &@\~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~\%&@### ###@&%\~:¨
¨¨¨¨:~%@@# (here i am awakened by the morning crew) #@@%~:¨¨¨¨
¨:~\%@@&&@ @&&@@%\~:¨
¨¨:~~\\@@@ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ @@@\\~~:¨¨
¨:~\%@&@## ##@&@%\~:¨
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