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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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