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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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