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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. ....~»^%@@
##@#%^†»~.                                          .~»†^%#@##
#%††~.....  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. .~»†^%#@##
##@#%^†»~.                                          .~»†^%#@##
@%^††~~~~.   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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##@#%^†»~.                                          .~»†^%#@##
#%%^^^†»~.                                          .~»†^^^%%#
#^††»»~~~.                                          .~~~»»††^#
##@#%^†»~.                                          .~»†^%#@##