"I do not wish to overwhelm your system," he says gently. "But you have been underfed for a very long time, by what your body tells me when I listen to it. Smaller, more frequent meals may be better for you as you recover."

most of us were children like me

Skellig's mood shifts slightly, grows a bit more serious.

"Others in the mines?" He asks softly, not pressing - if she doesn't want to talk about what is on the other side of her Door (he hasn't even asked her if she noticed if her Door was still there, that he will wait to explain) then he won't force her to.