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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.        .....==†§@
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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.         ...==†§§§¶
¶§§††*=...                                          ...=*††§§¶
#@¶§§†*=..    LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY.    ..=*†§§¶@#
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