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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. ##§%^/~-,,
,,,-~/^%§# #§%^/~-,,,
,,,,-~/^%§ 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. %^/~-,,,,,
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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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