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..---«$###          mouse girl likes shoes          ###$«---..
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.-«^$%##@#                ^  ^  ^  ^                #@##%$^«-.
.--«««$$##                                          ##$$«««--.
.-«^^^$$%# in  this  dream  i was a  girl of  maybe #%$$^^^«-.
.-«^$%##@# sixteen years,  together with my  dad in #@##%$^«-.
.-«^$%#### a  huge  bath  house  /  spa  / hotel  / ####%$^«-.
.-«^$%##@# shopping centre.      dad was  constatly #@##%$^«-.
.-«^$%##@# pointing out hot  girls to  me. "you see #@##%$^«-.
.-«^$%##@#   that black-haired thing dissapearing   #@##%$^«-.
...--«^$## behind  the  clothes  rack?  oof!"  he'd ##$^«--...
.-«^$%##@# say.  he was  always very  creepy  about #@##%$^«-.
.-«^$%##@# this,   going   for    girls   my   age. #@##%$^«-.
.-«^$%####                                          ####%$^«-.
.....-^%#@ 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 ##@##%^«-.
.-«^$%##@# tree  or  giant  fern. the boulevard was #@##%$^«-.
..-««$$$%# dimly lit, which allowed the  pools that #%$$$««-..
.-«^$%##@#   were generously sprinkled throughout   #@##%$^«-.
....««$$#@    each floor would reflect suggestive   @#$$««....
.-«^$%#@##         patterns on the marble.          ##@#%$^«-.
....-««^%#                                          #%^««-....
.-«^$%###@                ^  ^  ^  ^                @###%$^«-.
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.-«^$%##@# following the boulevard,  two floors  up #@##%$^«-.
.....«^%## i  found  her  crying  behind  two  fern ##%^«.....
.-^$%##@## vases.  she  was  beautiful,  and  as  i ##@##%$^-.
.-«^$%##@# approached, she looked up and  sniveled. #@##%$^«-.
.-«^$%##@# in  the nearest  vase  she  had  stuffed #@##%$^«-.
.....«$$#@              both the shoes.             @#$$«.....
.-«^$%###@                                          @###%$^«-.
...«««««$# i  told her  to follow,  but she  didn't #$«««««...
..--«««^$# move  or  speak.  so instead  i said  to #$^«««--..
.-«^$%#### stay  there, and ran to get her a better ####%$^«-.
.-«^$%##@# pair of  shoes  that she  would actually #@##%$^«-.
.-«^$%#@## like.  when  i  returned,  having  spent ##@#%$^«-.
.-«^$%##@# more than  i  could  really  afford, she #@##%$^«-.
....««^$%# was visibly impressed. i tried  to sound #%$^««....
....--««$# cool,  saying  something  like  "what do #$««--....
.-«^$%###@ you think,  just  because  a  girl has a @###%$^«-.
...--«$### freaky  dad,  she  doesn't  have taste?" ###$«--...
......-«$# but  mouse  girl  just  laughed  at  me. #$«-......
...-«$%%##                                          ##%%$«-...
.....«^%## 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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