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#..#.#.#.# i  don't think  it's  hormonal overload. ###...#.##
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.###...... rolls  down  my  face.  i notice nothing ##.##.#..#
##..#..... until  my chin  is wet. wipe it off with #.##.###.#
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...#...##. 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.  ####...###
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