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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. ##¶§@%/~.¨
¨.~/%@§¶## ##¶§@%/~.¨
¨.~/%@§¶## 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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