Is it ever anyone's first choice? Still, it beats the alternative.

[ Maybe only marginally, but he's not about to let this place beat him, after all the prolonged suffering he endured just to get here.

He pulls a face at her question, though there's tired amusement behind the offended wrinkle of his nose. ]

This stuff? Maker, no! Even in the Circle they served us solid food. ...Although, in retrospect, I imagine it was only in the vain hopes a few of us would choke and take ourselves off their hands.