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£@$%/~....   LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES  ....~/%$@£
#£@$%/~... MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER.  ...~/%$@£#
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#£@$%/~...  IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD.   ...~/%$@£#
£@$%/~....   YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR,   ....~/%$@£
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$%/~......        GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN.         ......~/%$
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$%/~......       AND THEN, THE HOT WATER, THE       ......~/%$
@$%/~.....     UNDERGROUND RAIN. DRENCHING YOU,     .....~/%$@
£@$%/~....   LATHERING YOU. INFUSED WITH OILS AND   ....~/%$@£
#£@$%/~...  SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE  ...~/%$@£#
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#£@$%/~...  VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE  ...~/%$@£#
£@$%/~....        BODIES. CHESTS AND SNOUTS.        ....~/%$@£
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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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