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,,,,:=†$$§ $ DEEP BELOW $ §$$†=:,,,,
,,,,,:=†$$ GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN, $$†=:,,,,,
,,,,,,:=†$ IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE $†=:,,,,,,
,,,,,:=†$$ LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES $$†=:,,,,,
,,,,:=†$$§ MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. §$$†=:,,,,
,,,:=†$$§# #§$$†=:,,,
,,:=†$$§## IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD. ##§$$†=:,,
,:=†$$§### YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR, ###§$$†=:,
,,:=†$$§## YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO ##§$$†=:,,
,,,:=†$$§# GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN. #§$$†=:,,,
,,,,:=†$$§ §$$†=:,,,,
,,,,,:=†$$ AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE $$†=:,,,,,
,,,,,,:=†$ 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 $†=:,,,,,,
,,,,,:=†$$ TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD $$†=:,,,,,
,,,,:=†$$§ ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. §$$†=:,,,,
,,,:=†$$§# #§$$†=:,,,
,,:=†$$§## YOU ARE STEAMED, CARESSED, CLEANED, ##§$$†=:,,
,:=†$$§### MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND ###§$$†=:,
,,:=†$$§## DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, ##§$$†=:,,
,,,:=†$$§# SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF #§$$†=:,,,
,,,,:=†$$§ OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR §$$†=:,,,,
,,,,,:=†$$ TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE $$†=:,,,,,
,,,,,,:=†$ HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT. $†=:,,,,,,
,,,,,:=†$$ $$†=:,,,,,
,,,,:=†$$§ LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY. §$$†=:,,,,
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