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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. ###¶*^;~^,
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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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