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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^%
$%^~,¨¨¨¨¨ girl he called a "mouse" by buying her ¨¨¨¨¨,~^%$
£$%^~,¨¨¨¨ shoes, but she had accepted them only ¨¨¨¨,~^%$£
££$%^~,¨¨¨ to run away immediately afterward. dad ¨¨¨,~^%$££
#££$%^~,¨¨ was a bit bummed but dropped it ¨¨,~^%$££#
##££$%^~,¨ quickly. i said goodnight to him and ¨,~^%$££##
#££$%^~,¨¨ went looking for the mouse. ¨¨,~^%$££#
££$%^~,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,~^%$££
£$%^~,¨¨¨¨ the building was enormous and mazelike. ¨¨¨¨,~^%$£
$%^~,¨¨¨¨¨ walls, floors and pillars were set in ¨¨¨¨¨,~^%$
%^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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#££$%^~,¨¨ she lay down in a patch of grass. i sat ¨¨,~^%$££#
##££$%^~,¨ down on my knees, and then crawled ¨,~^%$££##
#££$%^~,¨¨ closer. she laughed at me again, and ¨¨,~^%$££#
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^~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~^
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