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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. ,-=†*%@###
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@%%%%*†=-, 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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