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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. #@#¤&^\=.¨
¨.=\^&¤#@# #@#¤&^\=.¨
¨.=\^&¤#@@ 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. @#¤&\===.¨
¨.=\^&#@## ##@#&^\=.¨
¨.=\^&¤#@@ 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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¨¨¨¨=\\^&¤ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ¤&^\\=¨¨¨¨
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