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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. ¨¨¨¨:«\=%£
#£%=\«:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:«\=%£#
@#£%=\«:¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨:«\=%£
#£%=\«:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:«\=%£#
@#£%=\«:¨¨ 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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