.&....&... ..........
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&..&&..&.. †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ...&&&....
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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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