,,..-;$@## ##@$;-..,,
,.--;;=$$# #$$=;;--.,
,,,--==$@# #@$==--,,,
,,,,,,.;$@ @$;.,,,,,,
,.-;=$@#@# #@#@$=;-.,
,.-;=$@#@# ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; #@#@$=;-.,
,...-;=$@# #@$=;-...,
,,,,.;=$@@ MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES @@$=;.,,,,
,,,,-=$@## ##@$=-,,,,
,,,-;===$@ ; ; ; ; @$===;-,,,
,,,,-=$$$# #$$$=-,,,,
,,,,,,.;$@ IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE @$;.,,,,,,
,,,,---=@# 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. #@@=-,,,,,
,.-;;==$## ##$==;;-.,
,.-;=$@@## SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT ##@@$=;-.,
,,,,,,.;$# DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED #$;.,,,,,,
,.-;=$@#@# CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND #@#@$=;-.,
,,,,,.;;$# SAID - #$;;.,,,,,
,.-;=$@#@# #@#@$=;-.,
,.-;=$@@@@ ; ; ; ; @@@@$=;-.,
,.-;=$@#@# #@#@$=;-.,
,,..-==$@@ (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) @@$==-..,,
,.-;=$@#@# #@#@$=;-.,
,.-;=$@#@# ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; #@#@$=;-.,
,.-;;;;=@# #@=;;;;-.,
,,,,,,-==@ @==-,,,,,,
,.-;=$@#@@ @@#@$=;-.,
,.-;=$@#@# #@#@$=;-.,
,.-;=$@#@# #@#@$=;-.,