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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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&&$=««««,.       AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE       .,««««=$&&
##@&*$=«,.     UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU,     .,«=$*&@##
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@@@&*$=«,.    SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK   .,«=$*&@@@
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@&*==«....        BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS.        ....«==*&@
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##@&*$=«,.  KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM   .,«=$*&@##
@*=,......    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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&$=,......    MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND    ......,=$&
@@@&*$=«,.     DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK,    .,«=$*&@@@
#@**=«....  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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