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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 ###¤@%;=:.
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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 ####¤%;=:.
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.:=;%@¤###    FINGER SPASMS. OPENED TEAR DUCTS.     ###¤@%;=:.
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