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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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