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¨¨¨^^^~$¤¶ ¤              DEEP BELOW              ¤ ¶¤$~^^^¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨^~†$¤¶   IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE    ¶¤$†~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~$¤#  LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES   #¤$~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~$¤  MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. ¤$~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨^~†$¤¤¤¶¶       AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE       ¶¶¤¤¤$†~^¨
¨^~†$¤¤¶##     UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU,     ##¶¤¤$†~^¨
¨^~†$¤¤¶##   LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND   ##¶¤¤$†~^¨
¨^~†$¤¤¶##  SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE  ##¶¤¤$†~^¨
¨^~†$¤¤¶##   SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK    ##¶¤¤$†~^¨
¨^~†$¤¤¶¶¶  VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE  ¶¶¶¤¤$†~^¨
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¨^~†$¤¤¶##   KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM  ##¶¤¤$†~^¨
¨^~†$¤¤¤¤#   LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS    #¤¤¤¤$†~^¨
¨¨¨¨¨^^†¤¶  WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT  ¶¤†^^¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨^~†$¤¤¶##    LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY.    ##¶¤¤$†~^¨
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