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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.        ##.....#..
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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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