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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. ¨¨¨^~††%§@
§%††~^¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨^~††%§
%††~^¨¨¨¨¨  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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