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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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