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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 ,~=^*£¶###
##¶@£*^=~,                  said -                  ,~=^*£@¶##
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@*==~,,,,, (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ,,,,,~==*@
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