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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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