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.^=\$$####    . .  . .                  . .  . .    ####$$\=^.
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...^=\$$## . $$==##==$$ .    THE     . $$==##==$$ . ##$$\=^...
....^=\$$#  \==######==\   $      $   \==######==\  #$$\=^....
.....^=\$$ . $$==##==$$ .$$ 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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