,,,,,~~=## ##=~~,,,,,
,,,,^==%@# #@%==^,,,,
,^~==%#@## ##@#%==~^,
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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. #=~~^,,,,,
,^~==%#@## ##@#%==~^,
,^~==%#@@# 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. #%=~,,,,,,
,^~==%#@## ##@#%==~^,
,^~==%%#@@ 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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