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.##.###... SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK ##.####..#
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#######.#. ALLOWED TO ENJOY THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE. #...###..#
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...#.#.##. DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, .##.#..##.
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