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.....,=†$$  GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN,   $$†=,.....
......,=†$    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.   $†=,......
.....,=†$$   YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR,   $$†=,.....
....,=†$$§  YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO   §$$†=,....
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...,=†$$§#   LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND   #§$$†=,...
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.......,=† THE CREATURES ARE MEANT TO COMFORT YOU,  †=,.......
......,=†$   KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM  $†=,......
.....,=†$$    LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS   $$†=,.....
....,=†$$§  WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT  §$$†=,....
...,=†$$§#  TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD  #§$$†=,...
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...,=†$$§#    MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND    #§$$†=,...
....,=†$$§    DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK,     §$$†=,....
.....,=†$$  SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF   $$†=,.....
......,=†$    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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