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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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