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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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