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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. .~==%%§#@#
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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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