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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 .,~==§@£##
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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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