I enjoy cooking very much, but my dishes tend to have a lot of spice. And Bell does not like a great deal of spice.

[He nodded in approval at her choices. They weren't shying away form the dishes, and showed that she knew what she was choosing. At the question he hesitated. Few weeks encompassed Lotus' vanishing, and he didn't want to be that down right now.]

I have been better. These weeks have not been easy. But I am recovering. How about you?