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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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