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###§%§/~:¨ ¨ %%~~§§~~%% ¨    THE     ¨ %%~~§§~~%% ¨ ¨:~/§%§###
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#§%/::¨¨¨¨ ¨ %%~~§§~~%% ¨%% SHOWER %%¨ %%~~§§~~%% ¨ ¨¨¨¨::/%§#
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#§§/:¨¨¨¨¨ #  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨  # ¨¨¨¨¨:/§§#
§%§~~¨¨¨¨¨ %              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.        ¨:~/§%§###
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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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