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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   *†=,......
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....,=†*$¤    leaving the cabin prematurely. this   ¤$*†=,....
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......,=†*  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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