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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. ,^«**$@@##
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##@@$**«^, 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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#@$*«,,,,, YOU ARE STEAMED, CARESSED, CLEANED, ,,,,,«*$@#
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#@@@$**«^, DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, ,^«**$@@@#
#@***«,,,, 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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