diff --git a/src/game/creatures/withers.ts b/src/game/creatures/withers.ts
index ab2006a..c57776b 100644
--- a/src/game/creatures/withers.ts
+++ b/src/game/creatures/withers.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { Creature, POV } from '../entity'
 import { Damage, DamageType, ConstantDamageFormula, Vigor, Side, GroupAction } from '../combat'
-import { ImproperNoun, POVPair, ProperNoun, FemalePronouns, RandomWord, Adjective } from '../language'
+import { ImproperNoun, POVPair, ProperNoun, FemalePronouns, RandomWord, Adjective, POVPairArgs } from '../language'
 import { LogLine, LogLines, LogEntry } from '../interface'
-import { VoreType, Stomach, Container } from '../vore'
+import { VoreType, Stomach, Container, Vore } from '../vore'
 import { AttackAction, FeedAction } from '../combat/actions'
 import { TogetherCondition } from '../combat/conditions'
 import { InstantKill } from '../combat/effects'
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class DevourAllAction extends GroupAction {
 
   executeGroup (user: Creature, targets: Array<Creature>): LogEntry {
     return new LogLines(...targets.map(target => this.execute(user, target)).concat(
-      [new LogLine(`${Words.SwallowSound.allCaps}! All ${targets.length} of them pour down ${user.name}'s ${Words.Slick} gullet; they're just ${user.kind.all} chow now`)]
+      [new LogLine(`${Words.SwallowSound.allCaps}! All ${targets.length} of them pour down ${user.name}'s ${Words.Slick} gullet as ${user.pronouns.possessive} ${Words.Swallows.singular}; they're just ${user.kind.all} chow now`)]
     ))
   }
 
@@ -100,11 +100,23 @@ export class Withers extends Creature {
     this.side = Side.Monsters
 
     const stomach = new Stomach(this, 50, new Damage(
-      { amount: 30, type: DamageType.Acid, target: Vigor.Health },
-      { amount: 20, type: DamageType.Crush, target: Vigor.Stamina },
-      { amount: 20, type: DamageType.Dominance, target: Vigor.Resolve }
+      { amount: 300, type: DamageType.Acid, target: Vigor.Health },
+      { amount: 200, type: DamageType.Crush, target: Vigor.Stamina },
+      { amount: 200, type: DamageType.Dominance, target: Vigor.Resolve }
     ))
 
+    stomach.tickLines = new POVPairArgs<Vore, Vore, { damage: Damage }>([
+      [[POV.First, POV.Third], (user, target, args) => new LogLine(`Your stomach ${Words.Churns.singular} ${target.name} for `, args.damage.renderShort())],
+      [[POV.Third, POV.First], (user, target, args) => new LogLine(`${user.name.capital}'s stomach ${Words.Churns.singular} you for `, args.damage.renderShort())],
+      [[POV.Third, POV.Third], (user, target, args) => new LogLine(`${user.name.capital} ${Words.Churns.singular} ${target.name} for `, args.damage.renderShort())]
+    ])
+
+    stomach.digestLines = new POVPair<Vore, Vore>([
+      [[POV.First, POV.Third], (user, target) => new LogLine(`Your stomach ${Words.Digests.singular} ${target.name}`)],
+      [[POV.Third, POV.First], (user, target) => new LogLine(`${user.name.capital}'s stomach ${Words.Digests.singular} you`)],
+      [[POV.Third, POV.Third], (user, target) => new LogLine(`${target.name.capital}'s squirms fade as the ${target.kind.all} is ${Words.Digests.past} by the ${user.kind}'s ${stomach.name}.`)]
+    ])
+
     this.containers.push(stomach)
     this.otherActions.push(new FeedAction(stomach))
 
diff --git a/src/game/language.ts b/src/game/language.ts
index ae42685..d93c6a7 100644
--- a/src/game/language.ts
+++ b/src/game/language.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ enum VowelSound {
     NonVowel
 }
 
+enum VerbKind {
+  Root,
+  Singular,
+  Present,
+  Past,
+  PastParticiple
+}
+
 export interface Pluralizable {
   isPlural: boolean;
 }
@@ -69,7 +77,8 @@ interface WordOptions {
     capital: boolean;
     allCaps: boolean;
     proper: boolean;
-    kind: NounKind;
+    nounKind: NounKind;
+    verbKind: VerbKind;
     vowel: VowelSound;
     count: boolean;
 }
@@ -78,7 +87,8 @@ const emptyConfig: WordOptions = {
   allCaps: false,
   capital: false,
   count: false,
-  kind: NounKind.Specific,
+  nounKind: NounKind.Specific,
+  verbKind: VerbKind.Root,
   plural: false,
   proper: false,
   vowel: VowelSound.Default
@@ -151,19 +161,19 @@ export abstract class Word {
 
   get specific (): this {
     const opts: WordOptions = Object.assign({}, this.opt)
-    opts.kind = NounKind.Specific
+    opts.nounKind = NounKind.Specific
     return this.configure(opts) as this
   }
 
   get nonspecific (): this {
     const opts: WordOptions = Object.assign({}, this.opt)
-    opts.kind = NounKind.Nonspecific
+    opts.nounKind = NounKind.Nonspecific
     return this.configure(opts) as this
   }
 
   get all (): this {
     const opts: WordOptions = Object.assign({}, this.opt)
-    opts.kind = NounKind.All
+    opts.nounKind = NounKind.All
     return this.configure(opts) as this
   }
 
@@ -172,6 +182,36 @@ export abstract class Word {
     opts.count = false
     return this.configure(opts) as this
   }
+
+  get root (): this {
+    const opts: WordOptions = Object.assign({}, this.opt)
+    opts.verbKind = VerbKind.Root
+    return this.configure(opts) as this
+  }
+
+  get singular (): this {
+    const opts: WordOptions = Object.assign({}, this.opt)
+    opts.verbKind = VerbKind.Singular
+    return this.configure(opts) as this
+  }
+
+  get present (): this {
+    const opts: WordOptions = Object.assign({}, this.opt)
+    opts.verbKind = VerbKind.Present
+    return this.configure(opts) as this
+  }
+
+  get past (): this {
+    const opts: WordOptions = Object.assign({}, this.opt)
+    opts.verbKind = VerbKind.Past
+    return this.configure(opts) as this
+  }
+
+  get pastParticiple (): this {
+    const opts: WordOptions = Object.assign({}, this.opt)
+    opts.verbKind = VerbKind.PastParticiple
+    return this.configure(opts) as this
+  }
 }
 
 export class RandomWord extends Word {
@@ -220,7 +260,7 @@ export class Noun extends Word {
     }
 
     if (!this.options.proper) {
-      if (this.options.kind === NounKind.Nonspecific && this.options.count) {
+      if (this.options.nounKind === NounKind.Nonspecific && this.options.count) {
         if (this.options.plural) {
           result = 'some ' + result
         } else {
@@ -236,7 +276,7 @@ export class Noun extends Word {
             result = 'a ' + result
           }
         }
-      } else if (this.options.kind === NounKind.Specific) {
+      } else if (this.options.nounKind === NounKind.Specific) {
         result = 'the ' + result
       }
     }
@@ -253,13 +293,13 @@ export class Noun extends Word {
 
 export class ImproperNoun extends Noun {
   constructor (singularNoun: string, pluralNoun: string = singularNoun) {
-    super(singularNoun, pluralNoun, { plural: false, allCaps: false, capital: false, proper: false, kind: NounKind.Specific, vowel: VowelSound.Default, count: true })
+    super(singularNoun, pluralNoun, { plural: false, allCaps: false, capital: false, proper: false, nounKind: NounKind.Specific, verbKind: VerbKind.Root, vowel: VowelSound.Default, count: true })
   }
 }
 
 export class ProperNoun extends Noun {
   constructor (singularNoun: string) {
-    super(singularNoun, null, { plural: false, allCaps: false, capital: false, proper: true, kind: NounKind.Specific, vowel: VowelSound.Default, count: true })
+    super(singularNoun, null, { plural: false, allCaps: false, capital: false, proper: true, nounKind: NounKind.Specific, verbKind: VerbKind.Root, vowel: VowelSound.Default, count: true })
   }
 }
 
@@ -272,11 +312,49 @@ export class Adjective extends Word {
     return new Adjective(this.adjective, opts)
   }
 
+  // TODO caps et al.
   toString (): string {
     return this.adjective
   }
 }
 
+export class Verb extends Word {
+  configure (opts: WordOptions): Word {
+    return new Verb(
+      this._root,
+      this._singular,
+      this._present,
+      this._past,
+      this._pastParticiple,
+      opts
+    )
+  }
+
+  toString (): string {
+    let choice: string
+
+    switch (this.opt.verbKind) {
+      case VerbKind.Root: choice = this._root; break
+      case VerbKind.Singular: choice = this._singular; break
+      case VerbKind.Present: choice = this._present; break
+      case VerbKind.Past: choice = this._past; break
+      case VerbKind.PastParticiple: choice = this._pastParticiple; break
+    }
+
+    if (this.opt.allCaps) {
+      choice = choice.toUpperCase()
+    } else if (this.opt.capital) {
+      choice = choice.slice(0, 1).toUpperCase() + choice.slice(1)
+    }
+
+    return choice
+  }
+
+  constructor (private _root: string, private _singular: string = _root + "s", private _present: string = _root + "ing", private _past: string = _root + "ed", private _pastParticiple: string = _past, public opt: WordOptions = emptyConfig) {
+    super(opt)
+  }
+}
+
 interface PronounDict {
     subjective: string;
     objective: string;
diff --git a/src/game/vore.ts b/src/game/vore.ts
index 556554f..9f1c7b7 100644
--- a/src/game/vore.ts
+++ b/src/game/vore.ts
@@ -201,19 +201,19 @@ export class Stomach extends NormalContainer {
     super(new ImproperNoun('stomach', 'stomachs').all, owner, new Set([VoreType.Oral]), capacity, damage)
   }
 
-  consumeLines = new POVPair([
+  consumeLines = new POVPair<Vore, Vore>([
     [[POV.First, POV.Third], (user, target) => new LogLine(`You devour ${target.name}`)],
     [[POV.Third, POV.First], (user, target) => new LogLine(`${user.name.capital} munches you`)],
     [[POV.Third, POV.Third], (user, target) => new LogLine(`${user.name.capital} munches ${target.name}`)]
   ])
 
-  releaseLines = new POVPair([
+  releaseLines = new POVPair<Vore, Vore>([
     [[POV.First, POV.Third], (user, target) => new LogLine(`You hork up ${target.name}`)],
     [[POV.Third, POV.First], (user, target) => new LogLine(`${user.name.capital} horks you up`)],
     [[POV.Third, POV.Third], (user, target) => new LogLine(`${user.name.capital} horks up ${target.name}`)]
   ])
 
-  struggleLines = new POVPair([
+  struggleLines = new POVPair<Vore, Vore>([
     [[POV.First, POV.Third], (user, target) => new LogLine(`You claw your way out of ${target.name}`)],
     [[POV.Third, POV.First], (user, target) => new LogLine(`${user.name.capital} forces ${user.pronouns.possessive} way up your throat!`)],
     [[POV.Third, POV.Third], (user, target) => new LogLine(`${user.name.capital} escapes from the gut of ${target.name}`)]
@@ -225,19 +225,19 @@ export class Stomach extends NormalContainer {
     [[POV.Third, POV.Third], (user, target, args) => new LogLine(`${user.name.capital} churns ${target.name} for `, args.damage.renderShort())]
   ])
 
-  digestLines = new POVPair([
+  digestLines = new POVPair<Vore, Vore>([
     [[POV.First, POV.Third], (user, target) => new LogLine(`Your stomach overwhelms ${target.name}`)],
     [[POV.Third, POV.First], (user, target) => new LogLine(`${user.name.capital}'s stomach finishes you off`)],
     [[POV.Third, POV.Third], (user, target) => new LogLine(`${target.name.capital}'s squirms fade, overwhelmed by the stomach of ${user.name}`)]
   ])
 
-  absorbLines = new POVPair([
+  absorbLines = new POVPair<Vore, Vore>([
     [[POV.First, POV.Third], (user, target) => new LogLine(`Your guts completely absorb ${target.name}`)],
     [[POV.Third, POV.First], (user, target) => new LogLine(`${user.name.capital}'s guts soak you up like water in a sponge`)],
     [[POV.Third, POV.Third], (user, target) => new LogLine(`${user.name.capital} finishes absorbing the remains of ${target.name}`)]
   ])
 
-  disposeLines = new POVPair([
+  disposeLines = new POVPair<Vore, Vore>([
     [[POV.First, POV.Third], (user, target) => new LogLine(`Your guts completely absorb ${target.name}`)],
     [[POV.Third, POV.First], (user, target) => new LogLine(`${user.name.capital}'s guts soak you up like water in a sponge`)],
     [[POV.Third, POV.Third], (user, target) => new LogLine(`${user.name.capital} finishes absorbing the remains of ${target.name}`)]
diff --git a/src/game/words.ts b/src/game/words.ts
index 26eede6..d34bf71 100644
--- a/src/game/words.ts
+++ b/src/game/words.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { RandomWord, ImproperNoun, Adjective } from './language'
+import { RandomWord, ImproperNoun, Adjective, Verb } from './language'
 
 export const SwallowSound = new RandomWord([
   new ImproperNoun('gulp'),
@@ -12,3 +12,21 @@ export const Slick = new RandomWord([
   new Adjective('slimy'),
   new Adjective('glistening')
 ])
+
+export const Swallows = new RandomWord([
+  new Verb("swallow"),
+  new Verb("gulp")
+])
+
+export const Churns = new RandomWord([
+  new Verb("churn"),
+  new Verb("sizzle", "sizzles", "sizzling", "sizzled"),
+  new Verb("simmer"),
+  new Verb("stew")
+])
+
+export const Digests = new RandomWord([
+  new Verb("digest"),
+  new Verb("melt"),
+  new Verb("dissolve", "dissolves", "dissolving", "dissolved")
+])