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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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