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##@#$%:~-¨  :~~######~~:   $      $   :~~######~~:  ¨-~:%$#@##
@$$$:~¨¨¨¨ ¨ $$~~##~~$$ ¨$$ SHOWER $$¨ $$~~##~~$$ ¨ ¨¨¨¨~:$$$@
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##@#$%:~-¨ #  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨  # ¨-~:%$#@##
####$%:~-¨ $              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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