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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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