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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. ##@£%%*~,.
..,~*%%£@# #@£%%*~,..
...,~*%%£@ 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. %%*~,.....
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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 ##@£%%*~,.
..,~*%%£@# said - #@£%%*~,..
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......,~*% (here i am awakened by the morning crew) %*~,......
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