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###%%==,.. . %%==##==%% .    THE     . %%==##==%% . ..,==%%###
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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.        ......,==%
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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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%%==,.....   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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