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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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,,,,:«=^^¤ ¤^^=«:,,,,