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#**^=¨¨¨¨¨  ^==######==^   §      §   ^==######==^  ¨¨¨¨¨=^**#
###@#§*=~¨ ¨ §§==##==§§ ¨§§ 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.         ¨~=^*§###@
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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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