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,^«††%§@##  †««§§##§§««†   %      %   †««§§##§§««†  ##@§%††«^,
,^«††%§@## , %%««§§««%% ,%% 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.        #§§%%††«^,
,^«††%§@##                                          ##@§%††«^,
,,,^†††%§# 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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