.,~=^%§#@#                                          #@#§%^=~,.
.,~=^%§##@                                          @##§%^=~,.
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.,~=^%§#@#                                          #@#§%^=~,.
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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.         #@#§%^=~,.
.,~=^%§§§#                                          #§§§%^=~,.
...~==%§§§                =  =  =  =                §§§%==~...
.,~=^%§#@#                                          #@#§%^=~,.
....,~^^^§ 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 -                  §^^=~~....
.,~=^%§###                                          ###§%^=~,.
.,~=^%§§§@                =  =  =  =                @§§§%^=~,.
....,~^§#@                                          @#§^~,....
.......~^§ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) §^~.......
.,~=^%§#@#                                          #@#§%^=~,.
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.,~===^^%§                                          §%^^===~,.
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.,~=^%§#@#                                          #@#§%^=~,.
.,~=^%#@##                                          ##@#%^=~,.