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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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