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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. ##@£¤%=~~.
.~~=%¤£@## ##@£¤%=~~.
.~~=%¤£@## = = = = ##@£¤%=~~.
.~~=%¤£@@@ @@@£¤%=~~.
......~=¤£ 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 - ###@¤%=~~.
...~~~%%££ ££%%~~~...
.....~=¤¤@ = = = = @¤¤=~.....
.~~=%¤£@## ##@£¤%=~~.
.~~=%¤£@## (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ##@£¤%=~~.
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