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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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