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#¶&&@=/~^, //////////////////////////////////////// ,^~/=@&&¶#
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¶@//~^^^^,          mouse girl likes shoes          ,^^^^~//@¶
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###&@=/~^,                /  /  /  /                ,^~/=@&###
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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 ,,,^^~=@&¶
###&@=/~^,                  said -                  ,^~/=@&###
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&==~,,,,,,                /  /  /  /                ,,,,,,~==&
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##¶&@=/~^, (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ,^~/=@&¶##
¶@//^,,,,,                                          ,,,,,^//@¶
&&==~^^,,, //////////////////////////////////////// ,,,^^~==&&
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