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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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