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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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 ¨¨¨,~^%§£¶
£§%^~,¨¨¨¨ said - ¨¨¨¨,~^%§£
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~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~
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