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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
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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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