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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«†                                          †«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:«††                                          ††«:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:«††&                                          &††«:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:«††&#    ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨    #&††«:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:«††&##   ¨ &&††&& ¨                ¨ &&††&& ¨   ##&††«:¨¨¨
¨¨:«††&### ¨ &&««##««&& ¨    the     ¨ &&««##««&& ¨ ###&††«:¨¨
¨:«††&####  †««######««†   &      &   †««######««†  ####&††«:¨
¨¨:«††&### ¨ &&««##««&& ¨&& 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.    &††«:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:«††&#                                          #&††«:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:«††&##                                          ##&††«:¨¨¨
¨¨:«††&###                                          ###&††«:¨¨
¨:«††&####                                          ####&††«:¨
¨¨:«††&###                                          ###&††«:¨¨