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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. ,:~~†%**§§
#@#§*%†~:, ,:~†%*§#@#
#@#§*%†~:, 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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