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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. *:~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~: :~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ : : : : ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ 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 - ~,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,~:* : : : : *:~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~:** **:~,,,,,,
,,,,,~:**# (here i am awakened by the morning crew) #**:~,,,,,
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