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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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