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..,~*†@¤£@          mouse girl likes shoes          @£¤@†*~,..
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..,~*†@¤£@                *  *  *  *                @£¤@†*~,..
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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. @£¤@†*~,..
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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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