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.......^«= 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. ..........
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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 ##§§§=«^..
...^«=§§§# BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS. #§§§=«^...
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.....^«=§§ 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. ..........
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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 §§=«^.....
....^«=§§§ HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT. §§§=«^....
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