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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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