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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 @@%%;;,,,,
,,«;%$@#@# a  huge  bath  house /  spa  /  hotel  / #@#@$%;«,,
,,«;%$@##@ shopping centre.      dad was  constatly @##@$%;«,,
,,«;%$@@@@ pointing  out hot girls  to me. "you see @@@@$%;«,,
,,«;%$@#@#   that black-haired thing dissapearing   #@#@$%;«,,
,,,,;;;%$# behind  the  clothes  rack?  oof!"  he'd #$%;;;,,,,
,,,,,;%%$# say.  he was always  very  creepy  about #$%%;,,,,,
,,«;%$@#@# this,   going   for   girls   my    age. #@#@$%;«,,
,,«;%$@###                                          ###@$%;«,,
,,«;%$@#@# this night he had just tried  to  woo  a #@#@$%;«,,
,,«;%$#@## girl he  called a "mouse"  by buying her ##@#$%;«,,
,,,,,«%@#@ 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 #@%«,,,,,,
,,,,,,;$@@ approached, she looked up and  sniveled. @@$;,,,,,,
,,;%$@#@## in  the  nearest vase  she  had  stuffed ##@#@$%;,,
,,,,,,«;$#             both the shoes.              #$;«,,,,,,
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,,,,,,;%@@ i told  her to  follow,  but  she didn't @@%;,,,,,,
,,,,,,«%@@ move or  speak.  so  instead  i said  to @@%«,,,,,,
,,«;%$@#@# stay there, and  ran to get her a better #@#@$%;«,,
,,,,,,,;$# pair of shoes  that she  would  actually #$;,,,,,,,
,,,,«%$$@@ like.  when  i  returned,  having  spent @@$$%«,,,,
,,«;%$@#@# more than i  could  really  afford,  she #@#@$%;«,,
,,,,,«%$#@ was visibly impressed. i tried to  sound @#$%«,,,,,
,,«;;%$@@@ cool,  saying something  like  "what  do @@@$%;;«,,
,,«;%$@#@# you think,  just because  a girl  has  a #@#@$%;«,,
,,,,,«;$#@ freaky  dad,  she  doesn't have  taste?" @#$;«,,,,,
,,«;%$@### but  mouse  girl  just  laughed  at  me. ###@$%;«,,
,,«;%$@#@#                                          #@#@$%;«,,
,,,,,«;$$# she then took me by the hand  and led me #$$;«,,,,,
,,«;%$@### out  a   side   route  to  a  closed-off ###@$%;«,,
,,,«;;;$@# rooftop walking garden, full of  juniper #@$;;;«,,,
,,«;%$@#@# and thuja. it was  a  late evening,  and #@#@$%;«,,
,,«;%$@#@#     the stars were glittering. being     #@#@$%;«,,
,,«;%$@#@# closed, the  garden had its light turned #@#@$%;«,,
,,«;%$@@## off,  but  we could  still see  our  way ##@@$%;«,,
,,«;%$@#@# around by  the light shining  down  from #@#@$%;«,,
,,«;%$@#@# the   windows  of  the  higher   floors. #@#@$%;«,,
,,«;%%%$##                                          ##$%%%;«,,
,,«;%$@### she lay down in a patch of grass.  i sat ###@$%;«,,
,,«;%%$@@# down  on  my  knees,  and  then  crawled #@@$%%;«,,
,,,,;;;$@@ closer.  she  laughed  at me again,  and @@$;;;,,,,
,,«;%%$$#@                  said -                  @#$$%%;«,,
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,,,,««%$#@                ;  ;  ;  ;                @#$%««,,,,
,,«;%$@#@#                                          #@#@$%;«,,
,,«;%$@#@# (here i am awakened by the morning crew) #@#@$%;«,,
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