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###§§^;~^¨ IN THE DARK WATER WHERE THE SURFACE ¨^~;^§§###
##§§^;~^¨¨ LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES ¨¨^~;^§§##
#§§^;~^¨¨¨ MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. ¨¨¨^~;^§§#
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§^;~^¨¨¨¨¨ 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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##§§^;~^¨¨ 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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