*§*=^.....                                          .....^=*§*
§*§*=^....                                          ....^=*§*§
@§*§*=^...                                          ...^=*§*§@
#@§*§*=^..                                          ..^=*§*§@#
##@§*§*=^.                                          .^=*§*§@##
#@§*§*=^..    . .  . .                  . .  . .    ..^=*§*§@#
@§*§*=^...   . ****** .                . ****** .   ...^=*§*§@
§*§*=^.... . **==§§==** .    THE     . **==§§==** . ....^=*§*§
*§*=^.....  *==§§##§§==*   *      *   *==§§##§§==*  .....^=*§*
§*=^...... . **==§§==** .** 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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