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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. ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§ ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§ 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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