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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.       %\«.......
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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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........«\ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) \«........
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