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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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