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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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