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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. @££££†;-,.
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....,--;£@ 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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