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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. ,~\%@§@@##
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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. .....~\%@§
§@@\~..... .....~\@@§
#@@§@%\~,. 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, .,~\\\%@§@
@@@§@%\~,. 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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