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.:=^*$&###  GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN,   ###&$*^=:.
.:=^*$&###    IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE   ###&$*^=:.
.:=^*$&###  LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES   ###&$*^=:.
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.:=^*$&###  IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD.   ###&$*^=:.
....::^^$#   YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR,   #$^^::....
.:=^*$$&&#  YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO   #&&$$*^=:.
.:=^*$&###         GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN.        ###&$*^=:.
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.:=^*$&###       AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE       ###&$*^=:.
...=^^^^*&     UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU,     &*^^^^=...
.:=^*$####   LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND   ####$*^=:.
.:=^*$&###  SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE  ###&$*^=:.
.:=^*$&###   SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK    ###&$*^=:.
.:=^*$&###  VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE  ###&$*^=:.
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.....:=*$#   LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS    #$*=:.....
.:=^*$####  WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT  ####$*^=:.
.:=^*$&&&#  TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD  #&&&$*^=:.
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.:=^*$&###    YOU ARE STEAMED, CARESSED, CLEANED,   ###&$*^=:.
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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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