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There are so many wires. It feels like thousands of them, attached all over my body. Some of them poke at the skin; some of them chafe. Others are just laying there, cool to the touch. It’s all I’m wearing. They’re back to making me feel defenseless without my clothes, back to making me feel nervous with all the electrodes. Only they’ve gone too far. They’ve made it ludicrous. There’s no way they could pump electricity through all these wires at once, unless they ...