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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. §§§§§§§§§¨
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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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