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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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