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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.  ##§%**~-..
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