.,«;*££@## ##@££*;«,.
.,«;*££@## ##@££*;«,.
......«**£ £**«......
.,«;*££@@# #@@££*;«,.
.,«;*££@@@ @@@££*;«,.
.,«;*££@@# ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; #@@££*;«,.
...,;;*£££ £££*;;,...
.,«;*££@@@ 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) #@@££*;«,.
.,«;*£@@## ##@@£*;«,.
.,««««;££@ ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; @££;««««,.
.,«;*££@## ##@££*;«,.
...,,««;££ ££;««,,...
.,«;££@@## ##@@££;«,.
...««;;;*£ £*;;;««...
.,«;*££@@@ @@@££*;«,.