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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 ....^^&¤£#
£&§~...... said - ......~§&£
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