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.......-~/ ALWAYS  TEARS IN  MY EYES WHEN USING THE /~-.......
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.......... I  DON'T THINK  IT'S HORMONAL  OVERLOAD. ..........
.......... THERE'S NO  GRIEF  OR  JOY  AS MY  WATER ..........
.......... ROLLS DOWN  MY  FACE.  I  NOTICE NOTHING ..........
.........- UNTIL MY CHIN IS WET. WIPE  IT OFF  WITH -.........
........-~ THE BACK OF MY HAND. BUT  I USUALLY KEEP ~-........
.......-~/            CRYING FOR A WHILE.           /~-.......
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.....-~/^* I  THEORIZE SOME KIND  OF  RESONANCE  IN *^/~-.....
....-~/^*§  THE NEURAL INTERFACE; SOME SATURATION   §*^/~-....
...-~/^*§# SIGNAL BEING TRIPPED? THE CONNECTION  IS #§*^/~-...
..-~/^*§#@        IMPERFECT AND OFTEN INDUCES       @#§*^/~-..
.-~/^*§#@#  SINGLE-SENSE HALLUCINATIONS. ACUTE BUT  #@#§*^/~-.
..-~/^*§#@ HOLLOW  HUNGER.  SAND  GRAINS  UNDER  MY @#§*^/~-..
...-~/^*§#  FINGERTIPS. STRANGE TASTES AND SCENTS.  #§*^/~-...
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.....-~/^* AND  I  MEAN,  MAYBE  IT  ISN'T  TO  FAR *^/~-.....
......-~/^ FETCHED  THAT  SOMETHING  LIKE THAT  CAN ^/~-......
.......-~/  CAUSE AUTONOMOUS REACTIONS? DRY MOUTH.  /~-.......
........-~    FINGER SPASMS. OPENED TEAR DUCTS.     ~-........
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