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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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