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###$$==~¨¨    ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨    ¨¨~==$$###
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###$$==~¨¨ ¨ $$==##==$$ ¨    THE     ¨ $$==##==$$ ¨ ¨¨~==$$###
####$$==~¨  ===######===   $      $   ===######===  ¨~==$$####
###$$==~¨¨ ¨ $$==##==$$ ¨$$ SHOWER $$¨ $$==##==$$ ¨ ¨¨~==$$###
##$$==~¨¨¨  $¨ $$==$$ ¨$$            $$¨ $$==$$ ¨$  ¨¨¨~==$$##
###$$==~¨¨ #  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨  # ¨¨~==$$###
####$$==~¨ $              DEEP BELOW              $ ¨~==$$####
###$$==~¨¨   GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN,  ¨¨~==$$###
##$$==~¨¨¨   IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE    ¨¨¨~==$$##
###$$==~¨¨   LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES  ¨¨~==$$###
####$$==~¨  MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. ¨~==$$####
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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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