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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 ####%%:=^.
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.^=:%%%#¶¶ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ¶¶#%%%:=^.
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