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¨~~^*%#### ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ####%*^~~¨
¨~~^*%¤### ¨ %%^^%% ¨ ¨ %%^^%% ¨ ###¤%*^~~¨
¨~~^*%¤### ¨ %%~~¤¤~~%% ¨ THE ¨ %%~~¤¤~~%% ¨ ###¤%*^~~¨
¨¨¨¨~~~*¤# ^~~¤¤##¤¤~~^ % % ^~~¤¤##¤¤~~^ #¤*~~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~^*¤# ¨ %%~~¤¤~~%% ¨%% SHOWER %%¨ %%~~¤¤~~%% ¨ #¤*^~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~^*%¤### %¨ %%^^%% ¨%% %%¨ %%^^%% ¨% ###¤%*^~~¨
¨~~^*%¤### # ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ # ###¤%*^~~¨
¨~~^*%¤### % 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. ##¤*^~~~~¨
¨~~^*%#### ####%*^~~¨
¨¨~~~^*¤## 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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¨~~^*%#### ####%*^~~¨
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