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###&*=:~-¨ GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN, ¨-~:=*##
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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 ¨-~:=*##
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###&*=:~-¨ 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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