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,~-:%%##¶¶ 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. #@¶#%%:-~,
,~-:%%¶@## ##@¶%%:-~,
,~-:%%#¶@# 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. #%%:~,,,,,
,~-:%%%%%# #%%%%%:-~,
,~-:%%#¶@# 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. @#%%:~~,,,
,,,,,~:%%# #%%:~,,,,,
,,,,,~--%# 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. @#%:~,,,,,
,,,,-%%%¶@ @¶%%%-,,,,
,~-:%%#¶@# LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY. #@¶#%%:-~,
,~-:%%#¶@# #@¶#%%:-~,
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