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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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