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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 ##@@&**»:.
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.:»**&@### until my  chin  is wet. wipe it off with ###@&**»:.
.:»**&@### the back of my hand. but i usually  keep ###@&**»:.
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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 ###@&**»:.
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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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