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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. .~«\^*§#@#
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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   ......~«^§
§^«.......  WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT  .......«^§
§§*^\«~...  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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