,,,,,==†&@ @&†==,,,,,
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,,,==††&&& &&&††==,,,
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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 #&†††,,,,,
,,=††$## of you. cabin open to the cold air ###&$††=,,
,,=††$@# tickling your fresh-born mind. creature #@#&$††=,,
,,=††$&&&& hands gone, you step out. &&&&$††=,,
,,=††$@# #@#&$††=,,
,,=††$#@ later, elevator back up. new body. @##&$††=,,
,,=††$&@## ##@&$††=,,
,,=††$&@ @#&&$††=,,
,,,,,††$$& &$$††,,,,,
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