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@#&&=^^~,¨ ¨ &&~~¤¤~~&& ¨&& SHOWER &&¨ &&~~¤¤~~&& ¨ ¨,~^^=&&#@
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#@#¤&=^~,¨ # ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ # ¨,~^=&¤#@#
#@#¤&=^~,¨ & 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. ¨¨¨¨¨,~^&¤
#@#¤&=^~,¨ ¨,~^=&¤#@#
@@#¤&=^~,¨ 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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