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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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