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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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