##@¤*%:=,¨                                          ¨,=:%*¤@##
@@@¤*%:=,¨                                          ¨,=:%*¤@@@
@@***%:=,¨                                          ¨,=:%***@@
@@*:,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,:*@@
#@@¤*%:=,¨                                          ¨,=:%*¤@@#
@@¤¤*%:=,¨ 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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