After having an emotional outburst, you can temporarily lose trust in yourself to communicate dispassionately.

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It had been an emotional outburst, the mantas said, in reaction to the loss of El 85.

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Both are about rebellion and both veer between emotional outburst and rational exposition.

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By the end, she's been joined by a sighing string section and choir, adding up to an emotional outburst, if not total catharsis.

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