"I guess, it hurts more coming up than going down." He crumpled up the paper, and put it in his mouth. A disgusted look appeared on his face as the paper was replaced with acid. He quickly gulped it down, a couple tears falling from his eyes. No matter how much times he did this, it would still hurt. "Ugh." He could finally see that she was holding a book. Has she been holding it the whole time? He pointed to the book after he wiped away the tears, and asked "What are you reading?"