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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. ##@§@%=~-¨
¨-~=%@§@## ##@§@%=~-¨
¨-~=@§@### = = = = ###@§@=~-¨
¨-~=%@§@## ##@§@%=~-¨
¨-~=%@§@## 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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