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###@$*==,¨ LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES ¨,==*$@###
###@$*==,¨ MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. ¨,==*$@###
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###@$*==,¨ YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR, ¨,==*$@###
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####@*==,¨ GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN. ¨,==*@####
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###@$*==,¨ AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE ¨,==*$@###
###@$*==,¨ UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU, ¨,==*$@###
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###@$*==,¨ VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE ¨,==*$@###
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###@$*==,¨ KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM ¨,==*$@###
###@$*==,¨ LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS ¨,==*$@###
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#@$$*==,¨¨ TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD ¨¨,==*$$@#
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###@$*==,¨ DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, ¨,==*$@###
#$*==,,,,¨ SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF ¨,,,,==*$#
##@**===,¨ OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR ¨,===**@##
###@$*==,¨ TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE ¨,==*$@###
###@$*==,¨ HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT. ¨,==*$@###
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