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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. ,,,,^^^%@#
#@**-^^^^, ,^^^^-**@#
#@%%^^^^,, 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. ,^-^*%@###
##@@%*^-^, ,^-^*%@@##
#%%**^^-^, 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. ,^-^*%####
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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 - ,,,,,-^*%#
@@%^^^^^^, ,^^^^^^%@@
#@*^^,,,,, ^ ^ ^ ^ ,,,,,^^*@#
###@%*^-^, ,^-^*%@###
####@%*^-^ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ^-^*%@####
#%%^-,,,,, ,,,,,-^%%#
@*^^^^,,,, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,,,,^^^^*@
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