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#@@@§††~:¨    ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨    ¨:~††§@@@#
###@§††~:¨   ¨ §§††§§ ¨                ¨ §§††§§ ¨   ¨:~††§@###
@§†:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ §§~~@@~~§§ ¨    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. ¨¨¨::~††@@
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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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#§†:¨¨¨¨¨¨   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.    ¨:~††§@###
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