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###@§*=~:¨    ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨    ¨:~=*§@###
###@§*=~:¨   ¨ §§==§§ ¨                ¨ §§==§§ ¨   ¨:~=*§@###
###@§*=~:¨ ¨ §§~~@@~~§§ ¨    THE     ¨ §§~~@@~~§§ ¨ ¨:~=*§@###
@*~~~~¨¨¨¨  =~~@@##@@~~=   §      §   =~~@@##@@~~=  ¨¨¨¨~~~~*@
@§§==:¨¨¨¨ ¨ §§~~@@~~§§ ¨§§ 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.        ¨:~=*§@###
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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.        ¨:~=*§@###
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#§=~::¨¨¨¨    LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY.    ¨¨¨¨::~=§#
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