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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  ##£§£††=,,
,,=††§£###    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    ###§£††=,,
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