#he eventually realizes chewing gum keeps the feeling at bay but it takes him a while to come to find that out

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You ever think Michael feels ‘phantom limb’ but with his organs? Like, he’ll be having his version of a normal day and suddenly think ‘man I sure am hungry,’ and continue on with whatever task he is doing until five seconds later he comes to the realization of, ‘the fuck I’m not. You don’t even have a stomach, moron,” before going on with his day.

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It getting annoying the days he can’t rationalize himself out of it leading to him going through whatever drive thru is closest and getting a burger or something and sitting in the car and just smelling it, hoping that tricks his brain into thinking he ate and was now ‘full.’ Sometimes, when he’s truly desperate, he’ll mimic the chewing and swallowing motions and usually that works if nothing else does.