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##@%$†~~¨¨    ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨    ¨¨~~†$%@##
###@%$†~~¨   ¨ %%††%% ¨                ¨ %%††%% ¨   ¨~~†$%@###
##@%$†~~¨¨ ¨ %%~~@@~~%% ¨    THE     ¨ %%~~@@~~%% ¨ ¨¨~~†$%@##
#@%$†~~¨¨¨  †~~@@##@@~~†   %      %   †~~@@##@@~~†  ¨¨¨~~†$%@#
@%$†~~¨¨¨¨ ¨ %%~~@@~~%% ¨%% SHOWER %%¨ %%~~@@~~%% ¨ ¨¨¨¨~~†$%@
#@%$†~~¨¨¨  %¨ %%††%% ¨%%            %%¨ %%††%% ¨%  ¨¨¨~~†$%@#
##@%$†~~¨¨ #  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨  # ¨¨~~†$%@##
###@%$†~~¨ %              DEEP BELOW              % ¨~~†$%@###
##@%$†~~¨¨  GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN,   ¨¨~~†$%@##
#@%$†~~¨¨¨   IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE    ¨¨¨~~†$%@#
@%$†~~¨¨¨¨   LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES  ¨¨¨¨~~†$%@
#@%$†~~¨¨¨ MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER.  ¨¨¨~~†$%@#
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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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