Brooke swallows the saliva building up in her mouth. Little does she know that she swallowed the SCAS along with it.

“This is it, class!” Mr. Kintobotnik excitedly told us. “We're going to the stomach! But first, we need to finish going down the esophagus.”

While we go down Brooke's esophagus, some of the students, including me, remember learning about the digestive system in elementary school. Mr. Kintobotnik knew that the digestive system would be at least familiar to some, so he told us that this should be like a review. All our worries have left us, and excitement replaced it.

“As you can see, class,” Mr. Kintobotnik taught, “the walls of the esophagus slowly slide us down to her stomach.”

Right when Mr. Kintobotnik finished that sentence, we make it to Brooke's stomach. The saliva we're caught in falls into some stomach acid. On the plus side, the SCAS is acid-proof, so we should be fine if we don't exit the plane.

As the stomach acids rise...
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June 30, 2025
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