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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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