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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 ,~«:%%#¶¶¶
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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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