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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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