It wasn't terribly horrific, it was just ... watching someone squeeze food through a tube that was the process of it. She took the opportunity while he was eating to do the same, also trying to think up something to say.

"Is this place much like your world is at home? I know there's been some people who've had to adjust much more than others have." There, that would do -- something not too personal, but that would still let her get to know him a bit better.