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,~~=§¤¤¶## ======================================== ##¶¤¤§=~~,
,~~=§¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤§=~~,
,~~=§¤¤¶## mouse girl likes shoes ##¶¤¤§=~~,
,~~=§¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤§=~~,
,,,~~§¤¤¤# = = = = #¤¤¤§~~,,,
,~~=§¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤§=~~,
,~~=§¤¤### 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 - ¤§§§==~~,,
,~~=§¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤§=~~,
,~~=§¤¤¶## = = = = ##¶¤¤§=~~,
,~~=§¤¤¶## ##¶¤¤§=~~,
,,,,,~=¤¤¶ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ¶¤¤=~,,,,,
,,,,~=¤¤¤¶ ¶¤¤¤=~,,,,
,~~=§¤¤### ======================================== ###¤¤§=~~,
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,,,,,~§§¤¤ ¤¤§§~,,,,,