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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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