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,,,,,=††*¤ GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN, ¤*††=,,,,,
,,,,,:††*¤ IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE ¤*††:,,,,,
,,,,,:=*¤¤ LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES ¤¤*=:,,,,,
,,,,,,=*¤¤ MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. ¤¤*=,,,,,,
:=†**¤£### ###£¤**†=:
,,,:=***¤# IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD. #¤***=:,,,
,:=†**¤¤¤# YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR, #¤¤¤**†=:,
,,,,,,:=*¤ YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO ¤*=:,,,,,,
,:=†**£### GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN. ###£**†=:,
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,:::=***££ AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE ££***=:::,
,,,,:†*¤££ UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU, ££¤*†:,,,,
,,,,,:†*¤£ LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND £¤*†:,,,,,
,:=†**¤£## SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE ##£¤**†=:,
,,,,,,:=*¤ SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK ¤*=:,,,,,,
,:=†**¤### VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE ###¤**†=:,
,:=†**¤£## BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS. ##£¤**†=:,
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,,,,==***¤ THE CREATURES ARE MEANT TO COMFORT YOU, ¤***==,,,,
,,,,:††**¤ KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM ¤**††:,,,,
,:=†**¤£££ LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS £££¤**†=:,
,::::†**¤£ WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT £¤**†::::,
,:=†††**£# TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD #£**†††=:,
,:=†**¤£## ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. ##£¤**†=:,
,:=†**¤£## ##£¤**†=:,
,:==†**¤¤£ YOU ARE STEAMED, CARESSED, CLEANED, £¤¤**†==:,
,:=†**¤£## MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND ##£¤**†=:,
,,,:=†**£# DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, #£**†=:,,,
,:=†**¤£## SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF ##£¤**†=:,
,:=†**¤£## OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR ##£¤**†=:,
,,,,:†***£ TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE £***†:,,,,
,:=†**¤£## HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT. ##£¤**†=:,
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