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#$;-...... DRAINED... AND THEN BROUGHT BACK, ......-;$#
#^~~-..... SLOWLY, WAKING AS THE WATER DRIES OFF .....-~~^#
##^~~..... OF YOU. CABIN OPEN TO THE COLD AIR .....~~^##
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