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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.           ¨¨~:%@@###
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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.  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~:
%:~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~:%
@%:~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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