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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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