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#$==,¨¨¨¨¨  GROUND LEVEL, SEVERAL ELEVATORS DOWN,   ¨¨¨¨¨,==$#
¶¶$=,¨¨¨¨¨   IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE    ¨¨¨¨¨,=$¶¶
#@¶#$†==,¨   LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES  ¨,==†$#¶@#
#@¶#$†==,¨  MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. ¨,==†$#¶@#
#†=¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨=†#
##$†==¨¨¨¨   IT IS DARK. YOU STRIP, AND IT'S COLD.  ¨¨¨¨==†$##
¶#$==,¨¨¨¨   YOUR FEET FEEL THE COLD STONE FLOOR,   ¨¨¨¨,==$#¶
#@¶#$†==,¨  YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO   ¨,==†$#¶@#
#@¶#$†==,¨        GUIDE YOU INTO THE CABIN.         ¨,==†$#¶@#
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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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##@¶$†==,¨    MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND    ¨,==†$¶@##
##$==,¨¨¨¨    DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK,     ¨¨¨¨,==$##
¶¶¶#$†==,¨  SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF   ¨,==†$#¶¶¶
#@¶#$†==,¨    OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR    ¨,==†$#¶@#
#@¶#$†==,¨ TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE  ¨,==†$#¶@#
#@¶#$†==,¨         HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT.        ¨,==†$#¶@#
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