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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.          ###§§;--..
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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 §§;--.....
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..--;§§### (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ###§§;--..
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