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....~=*&§# mouse girl likes shoes #§&*=~....
...~=*&§## ##§&*=~...
..~=*&§### = = = = ###§&*=~..
...~=*&§## ##§&*=~...
....~=*&§# 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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