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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.        @@@§£%†-~¨
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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. @@@§£%†-~¨
¨~-†%£§@@#                                          #@@§£%†-~¨
¨~-†%£§@@# 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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