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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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