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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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