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,:»:%%§#@# 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 @@#§%%:»:,
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,:»:%%§#@# lathering you. infused with oils and #@#§%%:»:,
,:»»»:%%§@ scents. and then, also from above, the @§%%:»»»:,
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,:»:%%§#@# 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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