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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.  ¨~=*=%¤@##
#@@¤%=*=~¨                                          ¨~=*=%¤@@#
@¤=**=~~¨¨ 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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