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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.  .,-=†%§###
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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.        .,-=†%@###
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@%=-,.....    LATER, ELEVATOR BACK UP. NEW BODY.    .....,-=%@
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