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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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