I wonder how Lucanis felt the first time he fed the team. It was only Rook, Harding, Neve and Bellara at the time...he had to track them down since they were so used to Bellara being the one who cooked, and she hadn't said anything about dinner plans. Even if they smelled food from the kitchen, at that point they were all only really cooking their almost-non-edible dishes for just themselves.
But they were in awe at the spread waiting for them on the dinner table, and Lucanis watched for any hint of suspicion that any good crow would show at such blatant hospitality, ready to assure them by taking the first bite. Instead they dug in like rescued shipwreck survivors. Not a one pulled out a poison test kit! Even Harding, who seemed the most hesitant bc of his predicament, dug in and kept digging. (Dwarf joke not intended)
The whole team were all smiles and Lucanis couldn't remember the last time he'd made 1 person smile, let alone 4! And they might not trust his deal with Spite...but they trusted HIM enough to not even think he might be trying to kill them, and that's a trust he barely had in his own house before. He didn't even think anyone would eat...he just wanted to try bc they had saved him, and this was the only thing he could think that they needed.
Yes, Bellara helped him sometimes, but from that first meal he was more than happy to become the head chef for the team.
