^=:.......                                          .......:=^
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:.........                                          .........:
=:........ ALWAYS TEARS IN MY EYES  WHEN  USING THE ........:=
^=:.......                 MACHINE.                 .......:=^
*^=:......                                          ......:=^*
%*^=:..... 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.            ..:=^*%#@#
@#%*^=:...                                          ...:=^*%#@
#%*^=:.... 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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