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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 #.##.#.#.#
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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 #..#.#.#.#
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.##..#..#. THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. #.##.#.#.#
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.##..#..#. 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 #.##.#.#.#
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..#.##.##. 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 #..#.#.#.#
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.##..#..#. 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 #.##.#.#.#
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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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