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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 .......~^&
#@¶&$^/~.. MOSTLY FROM BELOW - HERE IS THE SHOWER. ..~/^$&¶@#
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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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