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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. .-»^%*¤£@#
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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. .-»^%*¤£@#
£*^^^----. .----^^^*£
#@£¤*%^»-. ^ ^ ^ ^ .-»^%*¤£@#
£¤*%»».... ....»»%*¤£
£*^»-..... 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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