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,~-;%@@### ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ###@@%;-~,
,~-;%@#### ####@%;-~,
,~-;%@#### MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES ####@%;-~,
,~-;%@#### ####@%;-~,
,~-;%@#### ; ; ; ; ####@%;-~,
,,,,~;%%@# #@%%;~,,,,
,~-;;%%%@# 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. ####@%;-~,
,~-;%@#### ####@%;-~,
,~-;%@#### 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. #@@%-,,,,,
,~-;%@#### ####@%;-~,
,~-;%@#### ; ; ; ; ####@%;-~,
,~-;%@#### ####@%;-~,
,,,,,,-%@# 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. ###@@%;-~,
~-;%@##### #####@%;-~
,~-;%@#### 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. ####@%;-~,
,~-;%##### #####%;-~,
,~-;%@#### 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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