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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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.:~*†*#¶##   lathering you. infused with oils and   ##¶#*†*~:.
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.:~*†*#¶¶#    leaving the cabin prematurely. this   #¶¶#*†*~:.
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.:~*†*#¶##    you are steamed, caressed, cleaned,   ##¶#*†*~:.
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.:~*†*#¶##     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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