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##@§§**--¨ ¨ §§--§§--§§ ¨§§ SHOWER §§¨ §§--§§--§§ ¨ ¨--**§§@##
@§**--¨¨¨¨  §¨ §§**§§ ¨§§            §§¨ §§**§§ ¨§  ¨¨¨¨--**§@
#@§§§**--¨ #  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨  # ¨--**§§§@#
#@§§§**--¨ §              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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