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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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