¨¨¨¨,==%*&                                          &*%==,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,==%*                                          *%==,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,==%*&                                          &*%==,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,==%*&#                                          #&*%==,¨¨¨
¨¨,==%*&#@                                          @#&*%==,¨¨
¨,==%*&#@# ======================================== #@#&*%==,¨
¨¨,==%*&#@                                          @#&*%==,¨¨
¨¨¨,==%*&#          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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