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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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