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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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,,-†*$#¶@# IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD. #@¶#$*†-,,
,,-†*$#¶@# YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR, #@¶#$*†-,,
,,-†*$#¶@@ YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO @@¶#$*†-,,
,,-†*$#¶@@ GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN. @@¶#$*†-,,
,,,,,,-**# #**-,,,,,,
,,-†**$$$# AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE #$$$**†-,,
,,,,,--*$# UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU, #$*--,,,,,
,,-†*$#¶@# LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND #@¶#$*†-,,
,,,,,--*$# SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE #$*--,,,,,
,,,,,††$## SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK ##$††,,,,,
,,-†*$#¶@# VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE #@¶#$*†-,,
,,-†*$#¶@# BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS. #@¶#$*†-,,
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,,,,-†$$#@ THE CREATURES ARE MEANT TO COMFORT YOU, @#$$†-,,,,
,,-†*$#@## KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM ##@#$*†-,,
,,,,,,††$# LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS #$††,,,,,,
,,-†*$#¶@@ WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT @@¶#$*†-,,
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,,-†$#¶@## ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. ##@¶#$†-,,
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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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