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¨,»:=$§@## ##@§$=:»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨»==§ §==»¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»:=$$$$§ §$$$$=:»,¨
¨,»:=§@### :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ###@§=:»,¨
¨,»:=$§@@# #@@§$=:»,¨
¨¨¨¨,»:=$@ MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES @$=:»,¨¨¨¨
¨,»:=$§@## ##@§$=:»,¨
¨,»:=$§@## : : : : ##@§$=:»,¨
¨,»:=$§@## ##@§$=:»,¨
¨,»:=$§@## IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE ##@§$=:»,¨
¨,»:=$§@## SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN ##@§$=:»,¨
¨,»:=$§@## A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / ##@§$=:»,¨
¨,»:=$§### SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY ###§$=:»,¨
¨,»:=$§@## POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE ##@§$=:»,¨
¨¨¨»::$$$§ 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. @$$=»,,¨¨¨
¨,»:=$§@## ##@§$=:»,¨
¨,»:=$§@## THIS NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO WOO A ##@§$=:»,¨
¨,»:=$§@## GIRL HE CALLED A "MOUSE" BY BUYING HER ##@§$=:»,¨
¨¨¨,»»::=§ SHOES, BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED THEM ONLY §=::»»,¨¨¨
¨,»:=$§@## TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD ##@§$=:»,¨
¨,»:=$§@## WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT ##@§$=:»,¨
¨,»:=$§@## QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ##@§$=:»,¨
¨,»:=$§@@@ WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. @@@§$=:»,¨
¨,»:=$@### ###@$=:»,¨
¨,,,,::$§@ THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. @§$::,,,,¨
¨,»:=$§@## WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN ##@§$=:»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,»=§# GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN #§=»,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»:=$§@## A MAIN BOULEVARD, WIDE AS A STREET, ##@§$=:»,¨
¨,»:=$§@## FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN ##@§$=:»,¨
¨,»:=$§@## AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE ##@§$=:»,¨
¨,»:=$§@## WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM ##@§$=:»,¨
¨¨¨¨¨»»=$§ TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS §$=»»¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,::=§# DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT #§=::,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨»»:$$@# 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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