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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. .......~%¤
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@¤¤$%%;~^. this night he had just tried to woo a .^~;%%$¤¤@
##@¤$%;~^. girl he called a "mouse" by buying her .^~;%$¤@##
#@$;~~~~^. shoes, but she had accepted them only .^~~~~;$@#
@¤¤$;~.... to run away immediately afterward. dad ....~;$¤¤@
###¤$%;~^. was a bit bummed but dropped it .^~;%$¤###
¤$%%;^.... quickly. i said goodnight to him and ....^;%%$¤
¤¤%%~..... went looking for the mouse. .....~%%¤¤
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##@¤$%;~^. the building was enormous and mazelike. .^~;%$¤@##
##@¤$%;~^. walls, floors and pillars were set in .^~;%$¤@##
#¤%%%;~... 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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#@¤$;~^... ...^~;$¤@#
@@$$%;^^^. following the boulevard, two floors up .^^^;%$$@@
#@$%%%;~^. i found her crying behind two fern .^~;%%%$@#
##@¤$%;~^. vases. she was beautiful, and as i .^~;%$¤@##
#¤$;~~^... approached, she looked up and sniveled. ...^~~;$¤#
###¤$%;~^. in the nearest vase she had stuffed .^~;%$¤###
##@¤$%;~^. both the shoes. .^~;%$¤@##
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¤$$;;^.... i told her to follow, but she didn't ....^;;$$¤
@¤¤%%%;~^. 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 ..^~;;;%¤¤
@@@¤$%;~^. cool, saying something like "what do .^~;%$¤@@@
##@¤$%;~^. you think, just because a girl has a .^~;%$¤@##
###@¤$%~^. freaky dad, she doesn't have taste?" .^~%$¤@###
@@@¤$%;~^. but mouse girl just laughed at me. .^~;%$¤@@@
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##@¤$%;~^. she then took me by the hand and led me .^~;%$¤@##
@@¤¤$%;~^. out a side route to a closed-off .^~;%$¤¤@@
@$;;^..... rooftop walking garden, full of juniper .....^;;$@
@@@¤$%;~^. and thuja. it was a late evening, and .^~;%$¤@@@
#@$%%~~... the stars were glittering. being ...~~%%$@#
##@¤$%;~^. closed, the garden had its light turned .^~;%$¤@##
##@¤$%;~^. off, but we could still see our way .^~;%$¤@##
##@¤$%;~^. around by the light shining down from .^~;%$¤@##
@¤¤¤$%;~^. the windows of the higher floors. .^~;%$¤¤¤@
@@¤$%;;~^. .^~;;%$¤@@
¤%;~~~.... she lay down in a patch of grass. i sat ....~~~;%¤
##@¤$%;~^. down on my knees, and then crawled .^~;%$¤@##
¤¤%%~..... closer. she laughed at me again, and .....~%%¤¤
@$%%%%;~^. said - .^~;%%%%$@
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@@@¤$%;~^. (here i am awakened by the morning crew) .^~;%$¤@@@
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