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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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