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.......... 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 £%;~......
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...~;%£### LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND ###£%;~...
....~;%£## SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE ##£%;~....
.....~;%£# SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK #£%;~.....
......~;%£ VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE £%;~......
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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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......~;%£ 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 ###£%;~...
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