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##@§@=*-:¨  *--§§##§§--*   @      @   *--§§##§§--*  ¨:-*=@§@##
§§§§@=*-:¨ ¨ @@--§§--@@ ¨@@ SHOWER @@¨ @@--§§--@@ ¨ ¨:-*=@§§§§
##@§@=*-:¨  @¨ @@**@@ ¨@@            @@¨ @@**@@ ¨@  ¨:-*=@§@##
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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.         ¨:-*=@§§§§
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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.        ¨:-*=@§@##
§@*:¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨:*@§
##@§@=*-:¨  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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