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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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