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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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@@#¤$^/~,. following the boulevard, two floors up .,~/^$¤#@@
@#$^^^/~,. i found her crying behind two fern .,~/^^^$#@
#@#¤$^/~,. vases. she was beautiful, and as i .,~/^$¤#@#
##¤$$^/~,. approached, she looked up and sniveled. .,~/^$$¤##
#@#¤$^/~,. in the nearest vase she had stuffed .,~/^$¤#@#
¤$^^^/~~,. both the shoes. .,~~/^^^$¤
##$/,..... .....,/$##
#@#¤$^/~,. i told her to follow, but she didn't .,~/^$¤#@#
#@#¤$^/~,. move or speak. so instead i said to .,~/^$¤#@#
#¤$//,.... stay there, and ran to get her a better ....,//$¤#
@#¤^/~,... 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 .,~/^^^¤##
#@#¤$^/~,. the windows of the higher floors. .,~/^$¤#@#
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@#¤¤$^/~,. she lay down in a patch of grass. i sat .,~/^$¤¤#@
##¤$/,.... down on my knees, and then crawled ....,/$¤##
#¤$^~~~... closer. she laughed at me again, and ...~~~^$¤#
#@#¤$^/~,. said - .,~/^$¤#@#
@#$^^^/~,. .,~/^^^$#@
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@#¤^^~~~,. .,~~~^^¤#@
@@#¤$^/~,. (here i am awakened by the morning crew) .,~/^$¤#@@
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