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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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