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,,,,,,,,,, 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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,,,,,,,~†% 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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