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###*/,,,,, ,,,,,/*###
##@#@*/«,, ,,«/*@#@##
#@@*//,,,, //////////////////////////////////////// ,,,,//*@@#
####@*/«,, ,,«/*@####
#@##@*/«,, mouse girl likes shoes ,,«/*@##@#
#@*/,,,,,, ,,,,,,/*@#
#@@*//«,,, / / / / ,,,«//*@@#
#@****/«,, ,,«/****@#
#@##@*/«,, 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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