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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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