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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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