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###¤$$«.¨¨ mouse girl likes shoes ¨¨.«$$¤###
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###¤$$«.¨¨ in this dream i was a girl of maybe ¨¨.«$$¤###
####¤$$«.¨ sixteen years, together with my dad in ¨.«$$¤####
###¤$$«.¨¨ a huge bath house / spa / hotel / ¨¨.«$$¤###
##¤$$«.¨¨¨ shopping centre. dad was constatly ¨¨¨.«$$¤##
#¤$$«.¨¨¨¨ pointing out hot girls to me. "you see ¨¨¨¨.«$$¤#
##¤$$«.¨¨¨ that black-haired thing dissapearing ¨¨¨.«$$¤##
###¤$$«.¨¨ behind the clothes rack? oof!" he'd ¨¨.«$$¤###
####¤$$«.¨ say. he was always very creepy about ¨.«$$¤####
###¤$$«.¨¨ this, going for girls my age. ¨¨.«$$¤###
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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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