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,-«^%%@¶## 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 ###@%%^«-,
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,-«^%%@¶## AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE ##¶@%%^«-,
,,,,,-«^%¶ UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU, ¶%^«-,,,,,
,-«^%%%%%¶ LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND ¶%%%%%^«-,
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,,,-^%%%¶¶ 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, ¶¶%^««-,,,
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,-«^%%@¶## LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS ##¶@%%^«-,
,-«^%%%%@¶ WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT ¶@%%%%^«-,
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,-«^%%@¶## ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. ##¶@%%^«-,
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,-«^%%@¶## 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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