#@&*^:=:.. ..:=:^*&@#
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@&*^:=:... ...:=:^*&@
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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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