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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   .,,-††††%#
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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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