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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. ..........
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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 ..........
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........., (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ,.........
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