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##@&%^:-~¨ GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN, ¨~-:^%&@##
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##@&%^:-~¨ LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES ¨~-:^%&@##
##@&%^:-~¨ MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. ¨~-:^%&@##
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##@&%^:-~¨ IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD. ¨~-:^%&@##
##@&%^:-~¨ YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR, ¨~-:^%&@##
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##@&%^:-~¨ GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN. ¨~-:^%&@##
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&^-~¨¨¨¨¨¨ LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨~-^&
@&&%^^:-~¨ SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE ¨~-:^^%&&@
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###&%^:-~¨ 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. ¨~-:^%&@##
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##@&%^:-~¨ MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND ¨~-:^%&@##
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##@&%^:-~¨ OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR ¨~-:^%&@##
###&%^:-~¨ TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE ¨~-:^%##
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