Chemical Burn

Tyler Durden: Now, ancient people found their clothes got cleaner if they washed them at a certain spot in the river. You know why?

Narrator: No.

Tyler Durden: Human sacrifices were once made on the hills above this river. Bodies burnt, water seeped through the wood ashes to create lye. [holds up a bottle] This is lye – the crucial ingredient. The lye combined with the melted fat of the bodies, till a thick white soapy discharge crept into the river. May I see your hand, please? [Tyler licks his lips until they’re gleaming wet – he takes the Narrator’s hand and kisses the back of it]

Narrator: What is this?

Tyler Durden: This…[pours the lye on the Narrator’s hand] ...is chemical burn.