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.,«:%@@@##          mouse girl likes shoes          ##@@@%:«,.
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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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.,«:%%%@## (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ##@%%%:«,.
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