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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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##&@$/«^¨¨ she lay down in a patch of grass. i sat ¨¨^«/$@&##
#&@$/«^¨¨¨ down on my knees, and then crawled ¨¨¨^«/$@&#
&@$/«^¨¨¨¨ closer. she laughed at me again, and ¨¨¨¨^«/$@&
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