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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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