Context: 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 .

Question: What is the reason Manji bit down on a peeled stick ?
Options:
0. Sticks taste good and are fun to taste .
1. Sticks have good nutrition .
2. Sticks have anelgesic properties .
3. Manji was in great pain and biting a stick is a trick to deflect the focus of the pain .
Answer: 3

Question: What is the reason Manji bit down on a peeled stick ?
Options:
0. Biting a stick was a way to forget the pain being felt .
1. Sticks have good nutrition .
2. Sticks taste good and are fun to taste .
3. Sticks have anelgesic properties .
Answer: 0