¨--/†£¤@## ##@¤£†/--¨
¨--/†£¤@@# #@@¤£†/--¨
¨--/††££¤@ @¤££††/--¨
¨--/†£¤@## ##@¤£†/--¨
¨¨¨¨¨-/†¤# #¤†/-¨¨¨¨¨
¨--/†£¤@## //////////////////////////////////////// ##@¤£†/--¨
¨¨¨¨--†£¤@ @¤£†--¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨---†¤¤ 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) ##@¤£†/--¨
¨--/†£¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤£†/--¨
¨¨¨¨-/††£¤ //////////////////////////////////////// ¤£††/-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-//†¤ ¤†//-¨¨¨¨¨
¨--/†£¤@## ##@¤£†/--¨
¨¨¨---†£@@ @@£†---¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-/†£@ @£†/-¨¨¨¨¨
¨--/†£¤@## ##@¤£†/--¨