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,^~**¤§§§@ @§§§¤**~^,
,^~**¤§§#@ @#§§¤**~^,
,^~**¤§### ###§¤**~^,
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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. #§¤*~~~~^,
,,,,,,^~*§ §*~^,,,,,,
,^~*¤§#@## 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. #¤¤¤***~^,
,^~**¤§#@# #@#§¤**~^,
,,,,,^**§§ LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY. §§**^,,,,,
,,,,~~*¤§# #§¤*~~,,,,
,^~**¤§@## ##@§¤**~^,
,^~**¤§#@# #@#§¤**~^,
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