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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 $=\-,.....
......,-\= THE BACK OF MY HAND.  BUT I USUALLY KEEP =\-,......
.......,-\            CRYING FOR A WHILE.           \-,.......
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........., I  THEORIZE  SOME KIND OF  RESONANCE  IN ,.........
........,-   THE NEURAL INTERFACE; SOME SATURATION  -,........
.......,-\ SIGNAL BEING TRIPPED?  THE CONNECTION IS \-,.......
......,-\=       IMPERFECT AND OFTEN INDUCES        =\-,......
.....,-\=$  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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