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,~~:$$#£@@ your feet feel the cold stone floor, @@£#$$:~~,
,~~:$$#£@@ your hands find the rubber handles to @@£#$$:~~,
,~~:$$#£@# guide you into the cabin. #@£#$$:~~,
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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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,,,,,,,~$# drained... and then brought back, #$~,,,,,,,
,~~:$$#£@# slowly, waking as the water dries off #@£#$$:~~,
,~~:$$#£@# of you. cabin open to the cold air #@£#$$:~~,
,,,,~$$$## tickling your fresh-born mind. creature ##$$$~,,,,
,,~~~$$$$£ hands gone, you step out. £$$$$~~~,,
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