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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 ¨:«\$$#@##
@#$$$$\«:¨        IMPERFECT AND OFTEN INDUCES       ¨:«\$$$$#@
#$$$$$\«:¨  SINGLE-SENSE HALLUCINATIONS. ACUTE BUT  ¨:«\$$$$$#
##$$$$\«:¨ HOLLOW  HUNGER.  SAND  GRAINS  UNDER  MY ¨:«\$$$$##
#$$«:¨¨¨¨¨  FINGERTIPS. STRANGE TASTES AND SCENTS.  ¨¨¨¨¨:«$$#
##@#$$\«:¨                                          ¨:«\$$#@##
#@##$$\«:¨ 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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