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##@&%*/~.. always tears in my eyes  when  using the ..~/*%&@##
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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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