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##%$$==«,, mouse girl likes shoes ,,«==$$%##
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##@%==,,,, in this dream i was a girl of maybe ,,,,==%@##
#@%$=,,,,, sixteen years, together with my dad in ,,,,,=$%@#
###@%$=«,, a huge bath house / spa / hotel / ,,«=$%@###
###@%$=«,, shopping centre. dad was constatly ,,«=$%@###
###@%$=«,, pointing out hot girls to me. "you see ,,«=$%@###
###@%$=«,, that black-haired thing dissapearing ,,«=$%@###
###@%$=«,, behind the clothes rack? oof!" he'd ,,«=$%@###
##%%%$=«,, say. he was always very creepy about ,,«=$%%%##
@%$$===«,, this, going for girls my age. ,,«===$$%@
###@%$=«,, ,,«=$%@###
###@%$=«,, this night he had just tried to woo a ,,«=$%@###
###@%$=«,, girl he called a "mouse" by buying her ,,«=$%@###
####@%$=,, shoes, but she had accepted them only ,,=$%@####
###@%$=«,, to run away immediately afterward. dad ,,«=$%@###
###@%$=«,, was a bit bummed but dropped it ,,«=$%@###
####@%$=«, quickly. i said goodnight to him and ,«=$%@####
#@%%$$=«,, went looking for the mouse. ,,«=$$%%@#
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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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