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^/~,...... //////////////////////////////////////// ......,~/^
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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.          .....,~/^¤
^/~,......                                          ......,~/^
/~,.......                /  /  /  /                .......,~/
^/~,......                                          ......,~/^
¤^/~,..... 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 -                  .....,~/^¤
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/~,.......                /  /  /  /                .......,~/
^/~,......                                          ......,~/^
¤^/~,..... (here i am awakened by the morning crew) .....,~/^¤
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£@¤^/~,... //////////////////////////////////////// ...,~/^¤@£
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