A word that fills in the blank well is sarcastic Sarcasm is a type of irony, called verbal irony, that makes statements about a character that are obviously not true, and are included to add humor to the novel.
I know he beats up Johnny I am trying to remember the page number..... I just know that’s its somewhere between chapters 3 and 4, if that helps.
I believe it is “He ate some food”
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