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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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