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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 ,#,#,,,#,#
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###,##,#,, 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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