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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 ##%==«,,,,
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,,,,,~«=%# 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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