Medium (not mild) Salsa

Time for another story, peoples. Irene (who else would the story be about???) is developing a taste for salsa. Her way of eating it is rather masochistic. She takes a chip, dips it in salsa, licks the salsa off, then says "Spicy, spicy, spicy" with tears in her eyes. Immediately upon the extreme hotness leaving her tongue, she repeats the process with occasional bites of the chip. The reaction lessens with each bite, but it doesn't seem to carry over to the next time.