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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. ###¤§*^~~¨
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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. ####§*^~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~^§## ##§^~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~~~~^*§¤ 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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