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###&&%*«,¨ **************************************** ¨,«*%&&###
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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. ¨,«*%&&###
####&&%«,¨ ¨,«%&&####
&&&&&%*«,¨ 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. ¨,«*%&&###
##&%%«««,¨ ¨,«««%%&##
###&&%*«,¨ * * * * ¨,«*%&&###
###&&%*«,¨ ¨,«*%&&###
###&&%*«,¨ 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 - ¨,«*%&####
#&&&***«,¨ ¨,«***&&&#
&&&%%**«,¨ * * * * ¨,«**%%&&&
#&%%%*«,¨¨ ¨¨,«*%%%&#
###&&%*«,¨ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ¨,«*%&&###
###&&%*«,¨ ¨,«*%&&###
##&*«,¨¨¨¨ **************************************** ¨¨¨¨,«*&##
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