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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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