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.........-   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.        †~-.......
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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    ##@§%*†~-.
..-~†*%§@#  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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