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^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ mouse girl likes shoes ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
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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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