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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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