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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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