¨,=†=*@#@#                                          #@#@*=†=,¨
¨¨,=†=*@#@                                          @#@*=†=,¨¨
¨¨¨,=†=*@#                                          #@*=†=,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,=†=*@                                          @*=†=,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,=†=*@#                                          #@*=†=,¨¨¨
¨¨,=†=*@#@    ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨    @#@*=†=,¨¨
¨,=†=*@#@#   ¨ **††** ¨                ¨ **††** ¨   #@#@*=†=,¨
,=†=*@#@## ¨ **==@@==** ¨    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.    #@#@*=†=,¨
,=†=*@#@##                                          ##@#@*=†=,
¨,=†=*@#@#                                          #@#@*=†=,¨
¨¨,=†=*@#@                                          @#@*=†=,¨¨
¨¨¨,=†=*@#                                          #@*=†=,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,=†=*@                                          @*=†=,¨¨¨¨