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,,~^†$$£@@ @@£$$†^~,,
,,,,~^†††£ £†††^~,,,,
,,~^†$£@## ##@£$†^~,,
,,~^†$£@@@ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@@£$†^~,,
,,~^†$£### ###£$†^~,,
,,~^†$£@## mouse girl likes shoes ##@£$†^~,,
,,~^†$$£@# #@£$$†^~,,
,,,,,~†$$£ ^ ^ ^ ^ £$$†~,,,,,
,,~^†$£@@# #@@£$†^~,,
,,~^††$££@ in this dream i was a girl of maybe @££$††^~,,
,,~^†$£@## sixteen years, together with my dad in ##@£$†^~,,
,,~^†$£@## a huge bath house / spa / hotel / ##@£$†^~,,
,,,,~†$$$£ shopping centre. dad was constatly £$$$†~,,,,
,,~^†$£@## pointing out hot girls to me. "you see ##@£$†^~,,
,,~^†$£@## that black-haired thing dissapearing ##@£$†^~,,
,,,,,,~†£@ 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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