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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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