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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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