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###@$*=~,¨    ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨    ¨,~=*$@###
###@$*=~,¨   ¨ $$==$$ ¨                ¨ $$==$$ ¨   ¨,~=*$@###
###@$*=~,¨ ¨ $$~~@@~~$$ ¨    THE     ¨ $$~~@@~~$$ ¨ ¨,~=*$@###
###@$*=~,¨  =~~@@##@@~~=   $      $   =~~@@##@@~~=  ¨,~=*$@###
###@$*=~,¨ ¨ $$~~@@~~$$ ¨$$ SHOWER $$¨ $$~~@@~~$$ ¨ ¨,~=*$@###
###@$*=~,¨  $¨ $$==$$ ¨$$            $$¨ $$==$$ ¨$  ¨,~=*$@###
#@@@$*=~,¨ #  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨  # ¨,~=*$@@@#
##@*=,¨¨¨¨ $              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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