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.....~*§*§ always  tears in my eyes  when using the §*§*~.....
....~*§*§@                 machine.                 @§*§*~....
...~*§*§@#                                          #@§*§*~...
..~*§*§@## 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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