The strange process of expulsion resumed , the hill peaking high with a pulsing movement and the skin tearing open . Rin could only hover in sympathetic agony while Manji bit down on a peeled stick and dug his fingers into the gravel . Again the emergence stopped and the rent began to heal , though the protrusion did n't retreat .
What is the reason Manji bit down on a peeled stick ?
- Sticks taste good and are fun to taste .
 - Sticks have good nutrition .
 - Sticks have anelgesic properties .
 - Manji was in great pain and biting a stick is a trick to deflect the focus of the pain .


Manji was in great pain and biting a stick is a trick to deflect the focus of the pain .