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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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