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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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