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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 #%%::::=~,
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,,,,~==%## 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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