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¨:~/%§§### ¨ §§~~§§~~§§ ¨§§ SHOWER §§¨ §§~~§§~~§§ ¨ ###§§%/~:¨
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¨:~/%§§#@# #  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨  # #@#§§%/~:¨
¨¨¨¨~//§§# §              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.  ##@#§%/~:¨
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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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¨¨¨://%%§§    LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY.    §§%%//:¨¨¨
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