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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.        ##§%††~...
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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.        ###§*%†~^.
.....~%§§#                                          #§§%~.....
.^~†%*§###    LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY.    ###§*%†~^.
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