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,^~/^%§@## , %%~~§§~~%% , THE , %%~~§§~~%% , ##@§%^/~^,
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,,,,,,^~^§ , %%~~§§~~%% ,%% 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. ##@§%^/~^,
,,,,,,^/%§ §%/^,,,,,,
,,,,,^/%@@ 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. ##@§%^/~^,
,,,,,,^/^§ §^/^,,,,,,
,,,,^~^^%§ LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY. §%^^~^,,,,
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