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##@@§$*=~¨ ALWAYS TEARS IN MY  EYES WHEN  USING THE ¨~=*$§@@##
@@@@§$*=~¨                 MACHINE.                 ¨~=*$§@@@@
##@@§$*=~¨                                          ¨~=*$§@@##
#@@@§$*=~¨ I  DON'T THINK  IT'S  HORMONAL OVERLOAD. ¨~=*$§@@@#
###@§$*=~¨ THERE'S NO  GRIEF  OR JOY  AS  MY  WATER ¨~=*$§@###
##@@§$*=~¨ ROLLS  DOWN  MY  FACE. I NOTICE  NOTHING ¨~=*$§@@##
@$$=¨¨¨¨¨¨ UNTIL MY CHIN IS WET.  WIPE  IT OFF WITH ¨¨¨¨¨¨=$$@
@§§$*=¨¨¨¨ THE BACK OF MY  HAND. BUT I USUALLY KEEP ¨¨¨¨=*$§§@
##@@§$*=~¨            CRYING FOR A WHILE.           ¨~=*$§@@##
@§$$===~¨¨                                          ¨¨~===$$§@
##@@§$*=~¨ I THEORIZE  SOME  KIND  OF  RESONANCE IN ¨~=*$§@@##
#@$*=~¨¨¨¨  THE NEURAL INTERFACE; SOME SATURATION   ¨¨¨¨~=*$@#
@$*=~¨¨¨¨¨ SIGNAL BEING  TRIPPED? THE CONNECTION IS ¨¨¨¨¨~=*$@
##@@§$*=~¨       IMPERFECT AND OFTEN INDUCES        ¨~=*$§@@##
##@@§$*=~¨  SINGLE-SENSE HALLUCINATIONS. ACUTE BUT  ¨~=*$§@@##
##@@§$*=~¨ HOLLOW  HUNGER.  SAND  GRAINS  UNDER  MY ¨~=*$§@@##
#@@@§$*=~¨  FINGERTIPS. STRANGE TASTES AND SCENTS.  ¨~=*$§@@@#
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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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