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.^~^%£@###  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    #@@££%^~^.
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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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.^~^%£££@#    later, elevator back up. new body.    #@£££%^~^.
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