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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 #***-:....
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.:-**%#@## THE BACK OF MY HAND. BUT I USUALLY  KEEP ##@#%**-:.
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....::*%%# I  THEORIZE SOME  KIND  OF RESONANCE  IN #%%*::....
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......:*%# AND  I  MEAN,  MAYBE  IT  ISN'T  TO  FAR #%*:......
....-***%# FETCHED  THAT SOMETHING  LIKE  THAT  CAN #%***-....
......-*%@  CAUSE AUTONOMOUS REACTIONS? DRY MOUTH.  @%*-......
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