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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~=@
###@&=/~,¨                                          ¨,~/=&@###
##@==/~,¨¨ 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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