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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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