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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. #*««,,,,,,
,:«««*@@@# #@@@*«««:,
,:«:*@#¶## 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. ##¶#@*:«:,
,:«:*@#¶## ##¶#@*:«:,
,:«:*@#¶## 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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