Those who have never starved may never be able to comprehend the agony of not eating for several days.
First comes the endless hunger, then the stomach begins to revolt with acidity, followed by an urge to find anything edible to cram into one's mouth.
One becomes weak all over, every cell in the body, every thought, cries out, begging for the comfort of food.
Which is why some ascetic monks use starvation to train their willpower, as it essentially amounts to battling one's own survival instincts.
Yui Natsukawa agonizingly clutched her stomach, the congee she had just eaten smelled really good, and despite the painful experience of eating it, weirdly enough, she felt as if there was indeed something more in her stomach now.
But the hunger still tortured her, her mouth kept secreting saliva, yet the thought of the excruciating pain withheld her from taking another bite.
