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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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