,:=†%@## ##@#&%†=:,
,,:=†%@# #@#&%†=:,,
,,,:=†%@ @#&%†=:,,,
,,,,:=†% #&%†=:,,,,
,,,,,:=†%& &%†=:,,,,,
,,,,,,:=†% , , , , , , , , %†=:,,,,,,
,,,,,:=†%& , %%††%% , , %%††%% , &%†=:,,,,,
,,,,:=†% , %%==&&==%% , 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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