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###§$§*~:¨ ¨ $$~~§§~~$$ ¨$$ SHOWER $$¨ $$~~§§~~$$ ¨ ¨:~*§$§###
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#@#§$§*~:¨ #  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨  # ¨:~*§$§#@#
###§$§*~:¨ $              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.  ¨:~*§$§§#@
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###§$§*~:¨   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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