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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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,,,,,,~:$# AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE #$:~,,,,,,
,,,,,~::$# UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU, #$::~,,,,,
,,,~:††$$# LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND #$$††:~,,,
,:~:$##### SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE #####$:~:,
,,,,,::†$# SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK #$†::,,,,,
,:~:†$#### VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE ####$†:~:,
,:~:†$#### BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS. ####$†:~:,
,:~:†$#### ####$†:~:,
,:~:†††$## THE CREATURES ARE MEANT TO COMFORT YOU, ##$†††:~:,
,,,,,:~†## KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM ##†~:,,,,,
,:~:†$#### LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS ####$†:~:,
,:~:$##### WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT #####$:~:,
,:~:†$#### TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD ####$†:~:,
,:~::†$### ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. ###$†::~:,
,:~:†$#### ####$†:~:,
,:~:†$$### YOU ARE STEAMED, CARESSED, CLEANED, ###$$†:~:,
,:~:†$#### MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND ####$†:~:,
,,,,,::$## DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, ##$::,,,,,
,:~:†$#### SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF ####$†:~:,
,~:†$##### OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR #####$†:~,
,:~:†$#### TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE ####$†:~:,
,:~:†$#### HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT. ####$†:~:,
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,,,,,,,~†# LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY. #†~,,,,,,,
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