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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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¨¨¨¨¨~=†*&                                          &*†=~¨¨¨¨¨