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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, #*$$~-¨¨¨¨
¨-~:$*##@# LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND #@##*$:~-¨
¨-~:$*#### SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE ####*$:~-¨
¨¨¨~::***# SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK #***::~¨¨¨
¨-~:$*##@# VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE #@##*$:~-¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~$*# BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS. #*$~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨-~:$*##@# #@##*$:~-¨
¨-~~~:$*## THE CREATURES ARE MEANT TO COMFORT YOU, ##*$:~~~-¨
¨-~:$$**#@ 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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