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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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