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#@#¤$§^»,, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,,»^§$¤#@#
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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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#@#¤$§^»,, ^ ^ ^ ^ ,,»^§$¤#@#
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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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