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#@#@$^^~~¨ ground level, several elevators down, ¨~~^^$@#@#
@@@$^~¨¨¨¨ in the dark water where the surface ¨¨¨¨~^$@@@
@$^^~¨¨¨¨¨ light doesn't reach, and warmth comes ¨¨¨¨¨~^^$@
@@#@$^^~~¨ mostly from below - here is the shower. ¨~~^^$@#@@
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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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#@@@$^^~~¨ and then, the hot water, the ¨~~^^$@@@#
##@@$^^~~¨ underground rain. drenching you, ¨~~^^$@@##
##@#@$^~~¨ lathering you. infused with oils and ¨~~^$@#@##
@@#@$^^~~¨ scents. and then, also from above, the ¨~~^^$@#@@
#@$^~~~¨¨¨ shower creatures. first their black ¨¨¨~~~^$@#
#@#@$^^~~¨ velvet arms, touching, and then entire ¨~~^^$@#@#
##$$^^^~~¨ bodies. chests and snouts. ¨~~^^^$$##
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~^@@
#@#@$^^~~¨ allowed to enjoy the shower for a while. ¨~~^^$@#@#
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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 ¨~~^^@#@##
@$^^~~¨¨¨¨ of you. cabin open to the cold air ¨¨¨¨~~^^$@
@@#@$^^~~¨ tickling your fresh-born mind. creature ¨~~^^$@#@@
#@#@$^^~~¨ hands gone, you step out. ¨~~^^$@#@#
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@@@@$^^~~¨ later, elevator back up. new body. ¨~~^^$@@@@
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