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Originally Posted by
emjay 
Acid pops. Henry thought the sound of that seemed kind of interesting and he picked up one of the sweets marked with that label to inspect it further. He had only read far enough to the words "burns a hole in your tongue," when he heard a voice behind him that made him turn. The girl appeared to be about his age, but he wasn't sure if he had seen her around at school.
"No, I haven't," he answered with a shake of his head. "It's my first down in this section too... I usually stick with the chocolate frogs and drooble's gum. I just thought it might be interesting to see what might be down here..." He held up the acid pop he had found. "Says it'll burn a hole in your tongue... You think that's true?" Not sure why anyone would seriously want that if it actually did that, unless for the sheer thrill of it. Not that he would find it particularly thrilling. At least not for his own tongue.
"Oh," Sam replied, a hint of disappointment in her voice. She was hoping for a recommendation or two; she didn't have the funds to just experiment. "Dat's why I'm 'ere teh, 'cept choc'lit 'n' sugar quills are us'ally more mah fing. Yeh collect the cards?" she asked, nodding at the boxes of chocolate frogs in his arms.
Hang on, what? Burn a HOLE in your tongue? Sam pulled a face at the pop, running her tongue lightly over her teeth. "No idea. Not sure I wanna try it dough. Not wiffout knowing if it's painful or permanent."