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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. .~~^%@#@##
##@#@%^~~. .~~^%@#@##
##@#@%^~~. 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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