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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. ....^~*^&#
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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. ..........
^......... .........^
~^........ 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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