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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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