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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. ¤**::::»^,
,^»:**@### ###@**:»^,
,^»:**¤@## : : : : ##@¤**:»^,
,^»:***¤¤¤ ¤¤¤***:»^,
,,,,,^:*¤¤ 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) @¤*»,,,,,,
,,,,^^::*¤ ¤*::^^,,,,
,^»:****@# :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: #@****:»^,
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