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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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