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,:«/*%£@## 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 ##@£%*/«:,
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,:«/*%£@## 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 ##@£%*/«:,
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