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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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†^~,...... ......,~^†