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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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