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@#@§/~-,,, //////////////////////////////////////// ,,,-~/§@#@
#@#@§/~-,,                                          ,,-~/§@#@#
##@#@§/~-,          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.         ,,,,-~/§@#
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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.             ,-~/§@#@##
#@#@§/~-,,                                          ,,-~/§@#@#
@#@§/~-,,, 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 -                  ,,,,-~/§@#
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#@#@§/~-,,                /  /  /  /                ,,-~/§@#@#
##@#@§/~-,                                          ,-~/§@#@##
#@#@§/~-,, (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ,,-~/§@#@#
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#@§/~-,,,, //////////////////////////////////////// ,,,,-~/§@#
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