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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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