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¨,=^%$¤@## IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD. ##@¤$%^=,¨
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¨,=^%$¤@## YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO ##@¤$%^=,¨
¨¨¨¨==^%$¤ GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN. ¤$%^==¨¨¨¨
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¨,=^%$¤@## UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU, ##@¤$%^=,¨
¨,=^%$¤@## LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND ##@¤$%^=,¨
¨,=^%$$$$¤ SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE ¤$$$$%^=,¨
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¨,=^%¤@### VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE ###@¤%^=,¨
¨,=^%$¤¤@# BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS. #@¤¤$%^=,¨
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¨¨¨,^%%¤@@ THE CREATURES ARE MEANT TO COMFORT YOU, @@¤%%^,¨¨¨
¨,=^%$¤@## KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM ##@¤$%^=,¨
¨,=^%%$$$@ LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS @$$$%%^=,¨
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¨,=^%$¤@## TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD ##@¤$%^=,¨
¨,=^%$¤@## ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. ##@¤$%^=,¨
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¨,=^%$$$@# 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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