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......~=@# #@=~......
......~%## ##%~......
.....~~%## ALWAYS TEARS IN MY EYES WHEN USING THE ##%~~.....
.....~~%## MACHINE. ##%~~.....
.~~=%@#### ####@%=~~.
.~~=%@#### 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. #####%=~~.
.~~=%@#### ####@%=~~.
.....~=%%# 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. #@==~~~~~.
.~~=%@#### ####@%=~~.
.~~=%@#### 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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