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#*%=-,.... ALWAYS  TEARS IN MY  EYES WHEN USING THE ....,-=%*#
*%=-,.....                 MACHINE.                 .....,-=%*
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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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