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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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