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#&$*,,,,,, IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE ,,,,,,*$
&$$^~,,,,, LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES ,,,,,~^$$&
###&$^*~,, MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. ,,~*^$##
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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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#&&$*,,,,, MODIFIED, LIQUIFIED; DISSOLVED AND ,,,,,*$&
&&&$$^*~,, DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, ,,~*^$$&&&
#$^~~,,,,, SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF ,,,,,~~^$#
###&$^*~,, OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR ,,~*^$##
#&$***,,,, TICKLING YOUR FRESH-BORN MIND. CREATURE ,,,,***$
###&$^*~,, HANDS GONE, YOU STEP OUT. ,,~*^$##
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