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#@¶&=\«~..   . **\\** .                . **\\** .   ..~«\=&¶@#
##@¶&=\«~. . **««&&««** .    THE     . **««&&««** . .~«\=&¶@##
#@¶&=\«~..  \««&&##&&««\   *      *   \««&&##&&««\  ..~«\=&¶@#
@¶&=\«~... . **««&&««** .** SHOWER **. **««&&««** . ...~«\=&¶@
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=\«~...... *              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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