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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 #£§&†\=-..
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.-=\†&§£## (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ##£§&†\=-.
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