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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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