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 ?
Answer: 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 .