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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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