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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.        ...:~†%&@@
###@&%†~:.                                          .:~†%&@###
#&†::.....  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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