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..,,,==^§§ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ §§^==,,,..
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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.        @@§§*=....
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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.         ##@§§*^=,.
......=*§@                                          @§*=......
.,=^*§§@@#                ^  ^  ^  ^                #@@§§*^=,.
.,=^*§§@@#                                          #@@§§*^=,.
.,=^*§§@@# 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. @§*==.....
.....,^§@@                                          @@§^,.....
.,=^*§§@@# 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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.....=^§§@ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @§§^=.....
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