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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 ##@§£*†»,.
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...,»»*££§ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) §££*»»,...
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