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.~=\*%&@##    . .  . .                  . .  . .    ##@&%*\=~.
....~~\\*&   . %%\\%% .                . %%\\%% .   &*\\~~....
.~=\*%&@## . %%==&&==%% .    THE     . %%==&&==%% . ##@&%*\=~.
.~=\*&@###  \==&&##&&==\   %      %   \==&&##&&==\  ###@&*\=~.
.....~~\%& . %%==&&==%% .%% SHOWER %%. %%==&&==%% . &%\~~.....
.~=\*%&@##  %. %%\\%% .%%            %%. %%\\%% .%  ##@&%*\=~.
.~=\*%@### #  . .  . .                  . .  . .  # ###@%*\=~.
.....=*&@# %              DEEP BELOW              % #@&*=.....
......~\*&   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. ##@&%*\=~.
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.~=\*%&@##   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.        ##@&%*\=~.
.~=\*%&@@#                                          #@@&%*\=~.
......~\*&  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. ###@&*\=~.
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.....~~\*&    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.         ##@&%*\=~.
.~=\*%&@##                                          ##@&%*\=~.
.~=\*%&@##    LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY.    ##@&%*\=~.
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