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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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