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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,:%@
#@@@%$:~,¨           CRYING FOR A WHILE.            ¨,~:$%@@@#
@@$$~¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨~$$@@
##@@@%$:,¨ I THEORIZE  SOME KIND  OF  RESONANCE  IN ¨,:$%@@@##
##@@@%$~,¨   THE NEURAL INTERFACE; SOME SATURATION  ¨,~$%@@@##
@@@@%$:~,¨ SIGNAL  BEING TRIPPED? THE CONNECTION IS ¨,~:$%@@@@
@@@%$::~,¨        IMPERFECT AND OFTEN INDUCES       ¨,~::$%@@@
#@@@%$:~,¨  SINGLE-SENSE HALLUCINATIONS. ACUTE BUT  ¨,~:$%@@@#
@%::,,¨¨¨¨ 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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