,:»/§$¤### ###¤$§/»:,
,:»/§$¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤$§/»:,
,:»/§$¤### ###¤$§/»:,
,,,:»§§§¤# #¤§§§»:,,,
,,,»»§§$$# #$$§§»»,,,
,:»/§$¤### //////////////////////////////////////// ###¤$§/»:,
,:»/§$¤### ###¤$§/»:,
,:»/§$¤### MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES ###¤$§/»:,
,:»/§$¤### ###¤$§/»:,
,:»/§$¤### / / / / ###¤$§/»:,
,:»§$¤#### ####¤$§»:,
,,,,,,»§$# IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE #$§»,,,,,,
,,,,,,:/§¤ 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 ####¤§/»:,
,:»/§$¤### WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT ###¤$§/»:,
,:»/§$¤### QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ###¤$§/»:,
,:»/§$¤### WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. ###¤$§/»:,
,:»/§$¤### ###¤$§/»:,
,,,,:»§§¤¤ 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. #¤§»,,,,,,
,:»/$¤#### ####¤$/»:,
,:»/§$¤### SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME ###¤$§/»:,
,,,:://§¤¤ 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 ##¤§»,,,,,
,,,,:»§$$# THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. #$$§»:,,,,
,,,:://§$¤ ¤$§//::,,,
,:»/§§§$¤# SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT #¤$§§§/»:,
,,,:»/§$¤# DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED #¤$§/»:,,,
,:»/§$¤### CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ###¤$§/»:,
,,,::»/§$# SAID - #$§/»::,,,
,,,,»§§§¤¤ ¤¤§§§»,,,,
,:»/§$¤### / / / / ###¤$§/»:,
,:»/§$#### ####$§/»:,
,:»/§$¤### (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ###¤$§/»:,
,:»/§$¤### ###¤$§/»:,
,:»/§$¤### //////////////////////////////////////// ###¤$§/»:,
,:»/§$¤### ###¤$§/»:,
,:»/§$¤### ###¤$§/»:,
,,,,,»»/$# #$/»»,,,,,
,:»////§¤# #¤§////»:,
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