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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 ¨¨¨^=**¤§£
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