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#@£#$**«^,   your feet feel the cold stone floor,   ,^«**$#£@#
#@£#$**«^,   your hands find the rubber handles to  ,^«**$#£@#
#@£#$**«^,         guide you into the cabin.        ,^«**$#£@#
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#@£#$**«^,        bodies. chests and snouts.        ,^«**$#£@#
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#***«,,,,,   keep you entranced, and keep you from  ,,,,,«***#
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#@£#$**«^,  transformed too early, and are instead  ,^«**$#£@#
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@@£#$**«^,  slowly, waking as the water dries off   ,^«**$#£@@
#@£#$**«^,    of you. cabin open to the cold air    ,^«**$#£@#
#@£#$**«^, tickling your fresh-born mind. creature  ,^«**$#£@#
#@£#$**«^,         hands gone, you step out.        ,^«**$#£@#
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