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¨,=***¤@## ¨ **==¤¤==** ¨** SHOWER **¨ **==¤¤==** ¨ ##@¤***=,¨
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¨,=***¤@## 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. @@**=¨¨¨¨¨
¨,=***¤@## ##@¤***=,¨
¨,=*****@@ 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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