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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. ¨^»\§%%%##
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨^^\%#
####%§\»^¨ went looking for the mouse. ¨^»\§%####
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####%§\»^¨ 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. ¨^»\§%####
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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 ¨^»\§§§###
#####%\»^¨ 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. ¨^»\§%####
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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 ¨^»\§%%###
####%§\»^¨ 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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