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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 &§;:,,,,,,
,:=;§$£### freaky dad, she doesn't have taste?" ###£$§;=:,
,,,,,,:;$£ but mouse girl just laughed at me. £$;:,,,,,,
,:=;§$&£## ##£&$§;=:,
,,,:;§$&&# she then took me by the hand and led me #&&$§;:,,,
:=;§$&£### out a side route to a closed-off ###£&$§;=:
,:=;§$&£## rooftop walking garden, full of juniper ##£&$§;=:,
,::=;;§$&£ and thuja. it was a late evening, and £&$§;;=::,
,=;§$&£### the stars were glittering. being ###£&$§;=,
,,,,,==§§& 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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