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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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§¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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