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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. ,,..-=%¤@@
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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. ,.-=^%¤@@@
#@@¤%^=-., ,.-=^%¤@@#
#@@¤%^=-., 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. ,.-=^%¤@@#
#@@¤%^=-., ,.-=^%¤@@#
@@@¤%^=-., 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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