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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.           ¨^^^^/%%&&
##@&*%/-^¨                                          ¨^-/%*&@##
###@*%/-^¨ 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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###&*%/-^¨                                          ¨^-/%*&###
&&%%/--¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨--/%%&&
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