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¨,~=*$¤@## mouse girl likes shoes ##@¤$*=~,¨
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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. #¤*~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~=*$¤@## ##@¤$*=~,¨
¨¨¨¨,~~=*¤ 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 #¤*~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~=*$¤@## said - ##@¤$*=~,¨
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¨,~=*$¤@@@ = = = = @@@¤$*=~,¨
¨,~=*$¤@## ##@¤$*=~,¨
¨,~=*$¤@## (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ##@¤$*=~,¨
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