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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. @§§$:::,,,
,,,,,~:†§# #§†:~,,,,,
,:~:†$#@## 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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