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,,,,,,~~†§ \~~§§##§§~~\ % % \~~§§##§§~~\ §†~~,,,,,,
,^~\†%§@## , %%~~§§~~%% ,%% SHOWER %%, %%~~§§~~%% , ##@§%†\~^,
,^~\†%§§§§ %, %%\\%% ,%% %%, %%\\%% ,% §§§§%†\~^,
,^~\†%§@## # , , , , , , , , # ##@§%†\~^,
,,,,,^\\%§ % 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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