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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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...-==$§§# AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE #§§$==-...
.-==$§§### UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU, ###§§$==-.
.-==$§§### LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND ###§§$==-.
.-==$§§### SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE ###§§$==-.
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.-==$§§### BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS. ###§§$==-.
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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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