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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. ,,,-«*^%§#
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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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§%^*«-,,,, (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ,,,,-«*^%§
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