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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. #¨¨¨¨####¨
###¨###¨¨¨ #¨¨¨#¨¨¨##
¨¨##¨¨#¨¨# 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. ¨#¨¨¨¨¨¨¨#
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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. ¨##¨#¨¨¨##
¨¨¨#¨###¨¨ #¨###¨¨#¨¨
¨¨###¨¨#¨¨ 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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