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#@#§*%^=,, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,,=^%*§#@#
#@#§*%^=,, ,,=^%*§#@#
#§§§*%^=,, mouse girl likes shoes ,,=^%*§§§#
#@#§*%^=,, ,,=^%*§#@#
@§%^,,,,,, ^ ^ ^ ^ ,,,,,,^%§@
#@#§*%^=,, ,,=^%*§#@#
###§*%^=,, 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 - ,,,,,=%§##
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##@#§*^=,, ^ ^ ^ ^ ,,=^*§#@##
#@#§*%^=,, ,,=^%*§#@#
###§*%^=,, (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ,,=^%*§###
#@#§*%^=,, ,,=^%*§#@#
#@#§*%^=,, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,,=^%*§#@#
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