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,,,,,:%&@# 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. @&&&%%:«,,
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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. ##@&%%:«,,
,,«:%%## ###&%%:«,,
,,«:%%## 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. &%%:,,,,,,
,,,,«:%&@# #@&%:«,,,,
,,«:%%&@## 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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