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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. ##@@£§†=-,
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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. ##@@£§†=-,
,,,,,,=§@# #@§=,,,,,,
,,,==§§£@@ 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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