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..«:==@§§§ always  tears in my eyes when  using the §§§@==:«..
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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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