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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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