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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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