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##@¶@*=«-¨ ¨ %%««@@««%% ¨%% 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.        ¨---==**%¶
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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.        ¨-«=*%@@¶@
#@¶@%*=«-¨                                          ¨-«=*%@¶@#
@@@@%*=«-¨  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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