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...~~/*$@@ @@$*/~~...
..~~/*$@@# #@@$*/~~..
.~~/*$@@## ##@@$*/~~.
..~~/*$@@# #@@$*/~~..
...~~/*$@@ ALWAYS TEARS IN MY EYES WHEN USING THE @@$*/~~...
....~~/*$@ MACHINE. @$*/~~....
.....~~/*$ $*/~~.....
......~~/* I DON'T THINK IT'S HORMONAL OVERLOAD. */~~......
.......~~/ THERE'S NO GRIEF OR JOY AS MY WATER /~~.......
........~~ ROLLS DOWN MY FACE. I NOTICE NOTHING ~~........
.........~ UNTIL MY CHIN IS WET. WIPE IT OFF WITH ~.........
.......... THE BACK OF MY HAND. BUT I USUALLY KEEP ..........
.........~ CRYING FOR A WHILE. ~.........
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.......~~/ I THEORIZE SOME KIND OF RESONANCE IN /~~.......
......~~/* THE NEURAL INTERFACE; SOME SATURATION */~~......
.....~~/*$ 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. ##@@$*/~~.
..~~/*$@@# #@@$*/~~..
...~~/*$@@ 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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