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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.   ......~*§¶
##¶§$*†~..   YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR,   ..~†*$§¶##
§$$$$*†~..   YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO  ..~†*$$$$§
##¶§$*†~..         GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN.        ..~†*$§¶##
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§§§*~~....       AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE       ....~~*§§§
§$$†......     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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