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...:~/%$&# ALWAYS TEARS  IN MY EYES WHEN  USING THE #&$%/~:...
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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 %/~:......
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..........  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.  :.........
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