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¤¤$$$$=~:, LIGHT DOESN'T REACH, AND WARMTH COMES ,:~=$$$$¤¤
#$$$==~:,, 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 ,:~=$$¤###
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###¤$$=~:, SHOWER CREATURES. FIRST THEIR BLACK ,:~=$$¤###
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###¤$$=~:, 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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