§¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§                                          §§§§§§¨§§§
¨§¨¨¨§§§§§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨
¨§¨§¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§
§§§§§§¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
§¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨    ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨    §¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§   ¨ §§//§§ ¨                ¨ §§//§§ ¨   §§¨¨¨¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨¨¨§§¨§ ¨ §§~~§§~~§§ ¨    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.    §¨§§§§§§§¨
§§¨§¨§¨¨¨§                                          §§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨¨§§§§§¨¨§                                          §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§                                          §§¨§§¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨§§§                                          ¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨§
§§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨§¨§§§¨¨§