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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. ...^~§§¤¤#
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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. .^~:§¤¤@##
¤¤¤:~~^^^. .^^^~~:¤¤¤
@¤¤¤::~~^. 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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