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~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/^
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~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~
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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 ¨¨:~/^§§##
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##§§^/~:¨¨ TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE ¨¨:~/^§§##
#§§^/~:¨¨¨ HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT. ¨¨¨:~/^§§#
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