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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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,,-*†$####   it is dark. you strip, and it's cold.  ####$†*-,,
,,-*†$####   your feet feel the cold stone floor,   ####$†*-,,
,,,,--†$$#   your hands find the rubber handles to  #$$†--,,,,
,,-*†$####         guide you into the cabin.        ####$†*-,,
,,,,,,,*$#                                          #$*,,,,,,,
,,-*†$####       and then, the hot water, the       ####$†*-,,
,,-*†$####     underground rain. drenching you,     ####$†*-,,
,,-*†$####   lathering you. infused with oils and   ####$†*-,,
,,-*†$####  scents. and then, also from above, the  ####$†*-,,
,,,,,,-*$#   shower creatures. first their black    #$*-,,,,,,
,,,,,*$$##  velvet arms, touching, and then entire  ##$$*,,,,,
,,,,,--†##        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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