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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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