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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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