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#@¶&*†*=~¨                                          ¨~=*†*&¶@#
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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.            ¨~=*†*&¶##
#@¶&*†*=~¨                                          ¨~=*†*&¶@#
&&†*~~~¨¨¨ 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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