Bella realized Lucien thought her question was stupid and looked down at her feet. That was her default when she was in trouble, or caught out for something she should know better than. Almost like a defense mechanism. She looked over at the way Lucien seemed so drawn in by the flames, she couldn't understand it, surely it was not a healthy thing to do. "The food was fine, thank you" She replied quickly, as not to be told off again, she didn't have the strength to go through another argument or worse, a beating. Bella feared Lucien, she knew he had power, stronger than she could have ever even begun to imagine. As the silence rang out in the room, almost adding a dark feeling to the atmosphere, Lucien spoke up again. He asked her about her back. It did hurt, but was she supposed to tell him this, or was he going to make it worse again. Bella tried to stay calm and not panic. She opened her mouth, but choked on her words. She took a deep breath, and spoke again. "It does, quite much so, but, I will heal, and be fine." Bella said monotonously, as though she was almost a robot. Without the silly anamatronic pitch. Bella couldn't help but be scared of what would happen now, she tried not to panic, she couldn't show him it got to her, it would only make things worse would it  not.