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#@#&*%:~.¨    ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨                  ¨ ¨  ¨ ¨    ¨.~:%*&#@#
#@#&*%:~.¨   ¨ **::** ¨                ¨ **::** ¨   ¨.~:%*&#@#
&*:.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ **~~&&~~** ¨    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. ¨.~:*&#@##
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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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