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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 @##*=..,,,
,,,.=*$$$# allowed to enjoy the shower for a while. #$$$*=.,,,
,.==*$##@# #@##$*==.,
,,,,,,,=*# 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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