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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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