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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. £$$~,,,,,,
,,,,,,*$$@ @$$*,,,,,,
,,,,,,~*$@ it is dark. you strip, and it's cold. @$*~,,,,,,
,,~***$$@# 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. @@££$$*~,,
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,,,,,,*$@@ later, elevator back up. new body. @@$*,,,,,,
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