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,.~==$@¶## GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN, ##¶@$==~.,
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,.~==$@@¶# LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES #¶@@$==~.,
,.~==$@¶## MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. ##¶@$==~.,
,.~==$@¶## ##¶@$==~.,
,.~==$@¶## IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD. ##¶@$==~.,
,.~~~~==$@ YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR, @$==~~~~.,
,.~==$@¶## YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO ##¶@$==~.,
,.~==$@¶## GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN. ##¶@$==~.,
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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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,.~==$@¶## THE CREATURES ARE MEANT TO COMFORT YOU, ##¶@$==~.,
,.~==$$@@# KEEP YOU ENTRANCED, AND KEEP YOU FROM #@@$$==~.,
,.~==$@¶¶¶ LEAVING THE CABIN PREMATURELY. THIS ¶¶¶@$==~.,
,.~==$@¶## WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT ##¶@$==~.,
,.~==$@¶## TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD ##¶@$==~.,
,.~==$@¶¶# ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. #¶¶@$==~.,
,.~==$@¶## ##¶@$==~.,
,.~==$@¶## YOU ARE STEAMED, CARESSED, CLEANED, ##¶@$==~.,
,.~==$@¶## MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND ##¶@$==~.,
,.~==$@### DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, ###@$==~.,
,,,.==$$@¶ SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF ¶@$$==.,,,
,.~~~=$@@# OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR #@@$=~~~.,
,.~==$@¶## TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE ##¶@$==~.,
,.~==$@@@¶ HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT. ¶@@@$==~.,
,,,.~~=$¶# #¶$=~~.,,,
,.~==$@@@@ LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY. @@@@$==~.,
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