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##@#%†^«,¨   ¨ %%^^%% ¨                ¨ %%^^%% ¨   ¨,«^†%#@##
##@#%†^«,¨ ¨ %%««##««%% ¨    THE     ¨ %%««##««%% ¨ ¨,«^†%#@##
##@#%†^«,¨  ^««######««^   %      %   ^««######««^  ¨,«^†%#@##
@%^,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ %%««##««%% ¨%% SHOWER %%¨ %%««##««%% ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,^%@
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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. ¨,«^†%#@##
###@%†^«,¨                                          ¨,«^†%@###
#@@#%†^«,¨   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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