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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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