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@##&$%†~:¨    ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨    ¨:~†%$&##@
@#$††~~¨¨¨   ¨ $$††$$ ¨                ¨ $$††$$ ¨   ¨¨¨~~††$#@
@##&$%†~:¨ ¨ $$~~&&~~$$ ¨    THE     ¨ $$~~&&~~$$ ¨ ¨:~†%$&##@
@&%%%%†~:¨  †~~&&##&&~~†   $      $   †~~&&##&&~~†  ¨:~†%%%%&@
&$†~:¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ $$~~&&~~$$ ¨$$ SHOWER $$¨ $$~~&&~~$$ ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨:~†$&
&&%%%~¨¨¨¨  $¨ $$††$$ ¨$$            $$¨ $$††$$ ¨$  ¨¨¨¨~%%%&&
@##&$%†~:¨ #  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨  # ¨:~†%$&##@
#@#&$%†~:¨ $              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. ¨:~†%$&#@@
#@#&$%†~:¨                                          ¨:~†%$&#@#
@@#&$%†~:¨   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.         ¨:~†%$&#@@
#@#&$%†~:¨                                          ¨:~†%$&#@#
@@#&$%†~:¨       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.        ¨¨¨¨~~~%$&
#@#&$%†~:¨                                          ¨:~†%$&#@#
#@#&$%†~:¨  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. ¨:~†%$&###
@@#&$%†~:¨                                          ¨:~†%$&#@@
#@#&$%†~:¨    YOU ARE STEAMED, CARESSED, CLEANED,   ¨:~†%$&#@#
##$%†††~:¨    MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND    ¨:~†††%$##
&&&%%%†~:¨    DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK,     ¨:~†%%%&&&
#@#&$%†~:¨  SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF   ¨:~†%$&#@#
##@#&%†~:¨    OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR    ¨:~†%&#@##
&%†::¨¨¨¨¨  TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE ¨¨¨¨¨::†%&
&%††:::¨¨¨         HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT.        ¨¨¨:::††%&
#@#&$%†~:¨                                          ¨:~†%$&#@#
###&$%†~:¨    LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY.    ¨:~†%$&###
#@#&$%†~:¨                                          ¨:~†%$&#@#
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#@#&$%†~:¨                                          ¨:~†%$&#@#