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£*†††††~-¨   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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