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##@#§*^«^, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,^«^*§#@##
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@@§^^^,,,, mouse girl likes shoes ,,,,^^^§@@
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##@#§*^«^, ^ ^ ^ ^ ,^«^*§#@##
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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. ,^«^*§#@##
#@§*^^«^^, ,^^«^^*§@#
##@#§*^«^, 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 ,^«^*§#@@#
##§*«,,,,, said - ,,,,,«*§##
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#§^^,,,,,, (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ,,,,,,^^§#
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