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%%\=...... ALWAYS TEARS IN MY EYES WHEN  USING  THE ......=\%%
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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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##@§%%\=..  CAUSE AUTONOMOUS REACTIONS? DRY MOUTH.  ..=\%%§@##
#@§%%\=...    FINGER SPASMS. OPENED TEAR DUCTS.     ...=\%%§@#
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