#@#%%\~.¨¨ ¨¨.~\%%#@#
##@#%%\~.¨ ¨.~\%%#@##
#@#%%\~.¨¨ ¨¨.~\%%#@#
@#%%\~.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.~\%%#@
#%%\~.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.~\%%#
%%\~.¨¨¨¨¨ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ¨¨¨¨¨.~\%%
%\~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~\%
%%\~.¨¨¨¨¨ 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) ¨¨.~\%%#@#
##@#%%\~.¨ ¨.~\%%#@##
#@#%%\~.¨¨ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ¨¨.~\%%#@#
@#%%\~.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.~\%%#@
#%%\~.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.~\%%#
%%\~.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨.~\%%
%\~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨.~\%
%%\~.¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨.~\%%