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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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