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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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