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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. ¤^^\:¨¨¨¨¨
¨:=\^*¤@## ##@¤*^\=:¨
¨:=\^*¤@## 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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