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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 ,~«;†%§¶@#
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#@¶§%†;«~, (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ,~«;†%§¶@#
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