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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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