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####*%;~~¨ ¨ **~~§§~~** ¨** SHOWER **¨ **~~§§~~** ¨ ¨~~;%*####
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###§*%;~~¨ #  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨  # ¨~~;%*§###
##§%~~~~¨¨ *              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. ¨¨¨¨¨~~;%§
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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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