,,,,,~~:%¤ ¤%:~~,,,,,
,,,,~~:%¤§ §¤%:~~,,,,
,,,~~:%¤§# #§¤%:~~,,,
,,~~:%¤§## ##§¤%:~~,,
,~~:%¤§### ###§¤%:~~,
,,~~:%¤§## :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ##§¤%:~~,,
,,,~~:%¤§# #§¤%:~~,,,
,,,,~~:%¤§ 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) :~~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~~ ~~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~~: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :~~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~~:% %:~~,,,,,,
,,,,,~~:%¤ ¤%:~~,,,,,
,,,,~~:%¤§ §¤%:~~,,,,
,,,~~:%¤§# #§¤%:~~,,,
,,~~:%¤§## ##§¤%:~~,,