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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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