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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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¨^=;*$$¤¤@ ; ; ; ; @¤¤$$*;=^¨
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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?" @¤**;^¨¨¨¨
¨^=;*$$¤¤¤ but mouse girl just laughed at me. ¤¤¤$$*;=^¨
¨^=;*$¤@## ##@¤$*;=^¨
¨¨^^==;$¶¶ she then took me by the hand and led me ¶¶$;==^^¨¨
¨¨¨^=;$¤¤¤ out a side route to a closed-off ¤¤¤$;=^¨¨¨
¨^=;*$¤¶@@ rooftop walking garden, full of juniper @@¶¤$*;=^¨
¨¨¨^===**¤ and thuja. it was a late evening, and ¤**===^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^=*¤¶¶ the stars were glittering. being ¶¶¤*=^¨¨¨¨
¨^=;*$¤¶¶¶ closed, the garden had its light turned ¶¶¶¤$*;=^¨
¨^=;*$¤¶## off, but we could still see our way ##¶¤$*;=^¨
¨^=;**$$$¤ around by the light shining down from ¤$$$**;=^¨
¨^=;*$¤¶## the windows of the higher floors. ##¶¤$*;=^¨
¨¨¨¨^=**¤¤ ¤¤**=^¨¨¨¨
¨^=;*$$$$¤ she lay down in a patch of grass. i sat ¤$$$$*;=^¨
¨^=;;;**$¶ down on my knees, and then crawled ¶$**;;;=^¨
¨^=;*$¤¶@# closer. she laughed at me again, and #@¶¤$*;=^¨
¨^=;*$¤¶@# said - #@¶¤$*;=^¨
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¨¨¨^;;;$¤¤ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ¤¤$;;;^¨¨¨
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