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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 #%=,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~=$%£### out  a  side  route  to   a   closed-off ###£%$=~,¨
¨,~=$$$$%# rooftop walking  garden, full of juniper #%$$$$=~,¨
¨¨,~~=$%## and  thuja. it was a late  evening,  and ##%$=~~,¨¨
¨,~=$%£###     the stars were glittering. being     ###£%$=~,¨
¨,~=$%£### closed, the garden had  its light turned ###£%$=~,¨
¨,~=$%£### off, but  we  could still  see  our  way ###£%$=~,¨
¨¨¨¨~~$£## around by  the  light shining down  from ##£$~~¨¨¨¨
¨,~=$%£### the  windows  of  the   higher   floors. ###£%$=~,¨
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¨,~=$%£### she lay down  in a patch of grass. i sat ###£%$=~,¨
¨,~=$%£### down  on  my  knees,  and  then  crawled ###£%$=~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~$%£ closer.  she laughed  at me  again,  and £%$~~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,~=$%#### (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ####%$=~,¨
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