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#@@§$^«,¨¨ $ DEEP BELOW $ ¨¨,«^$§@@#
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@§$^«,¨¨¨¨ IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE ¨¨¨¨,«^$§@
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#@@§$^«,¨¨ YOUR HANDS FIND THE RUBBER HANDLES TO ¨¨,«^$§@@#
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#@@§$^«,¨¨ SCENTS. AND THEN, ALSO FROM ABOVE, THE ¨¨,«^$§@@#
##@@§$^«,¨ SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK ¨,«^$§@@##
#@@§$^«,¨¨ VELVET ARMS, TOUCHING, AND THEN ENTIRE ¨¨,«^$§@@#
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#@@§$^«,¨¨ WHOLE ORDEAL WORKS BEST IF YOU ARE NOT ¨¨,«^$§@@#
##@@§$^«,¨ TRANSFORMED TOO EARLY, AND ARE INSTEAD ¨,«^$§@@##
#@@§$^«,¨¨ ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. ¨¨,«^$§@@#
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@@§$^«,¨¨¨ 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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