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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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