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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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