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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.        =~........
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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. #§&*=~....
.....~=*&§                                          §&*=~.....
......~=*& 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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