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,,..~~~~%¤ GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN, ¤%~~~~..,,
,,,.::$¤¤¤ IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE ¤¤¤$::.,,,
,,,,,..~%¤ LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES ¤%~..,,,,,
,.~:%$¤¤¤@ MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. @¤¤¤$%:~.,
,.~:%$¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤$%:~.,
,.~:%$¤### IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD. ###¤$%:~.,
,,,,.~%¤¤@ 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 ¤%~~.,,,,,
,.~:%$$¤## TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD ##¤$$%:~.,
,.~:%$¤¤¤# ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. #¤¤¤$%:~.,
,,,,,.:%$# #$%:.,,,,,
,,,...:$$# YOU ARE STEAMED, CARESSED, CLEANED, #$$:...,,,
,~:%$¤#@## MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND ##@#¤$%:~,
,.~:%$¤##@ DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, @##¤$%:~.,
,.~:%$$¤¤¤ SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF ¤¤¤$$%:~.,
,,,~~~~:$¤ OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR ¤$:~~~~,,,
,.~:%$¤#@# TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE #@#¤$%:~.,
,,,,,.~:$# HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT. #$:~.,,,,,
,.~:%$¤#@# #@#¤$%:~.,
,,,..::%$# LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY. #$%::..,,,
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