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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. #¶@$^\~,¨¨
¨,~\^$@¶## ##¶@$^\~,¨
¨¨,~\^$@¶# 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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