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&&*=,.....    IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE   .....,=*&&
###&*$=«,.   LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES  .,«=$*&###
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###&*$=«,.   IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD.  .,«=$*&###
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###&*$=«,.   YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO  .,«=$*&###
###&*$=«,.        GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN.         .,«=$*&###
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####&*$=«,       AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE       ,«=$*&####
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###&*$=«,.        BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS.        .,«=$*&###
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###&*$=«,.   KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM  .,«=$*&###
###&*$=«,.    LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS   .,«=$*&###
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###&*$=«,.  TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD  .,«=$*&###
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###&*$=«,.    MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND    .,«=$*&###
###&*$=«,.     DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK,    .,«=$*&###
###&*$=«,.   SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF  .,«=$*&###
###&*$=«,.    OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR    .,«=$*&###
#&&&*$=«,.  TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE .,«=$*&&&#
###&*$=«,.        HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT.         .,«=$*&###
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