How pretty I said what kind are they?

They're medieval fish pies she said. A variation on starry gazey pie. Starry gazey pie is one in which the crust is slot so that the whole baked eels within can poke their nasty little heads out and look at the pie crust starts with which the top is supposed to be festooned.
Oh I said swallowing hard. In what way do they vary? Well I couldn't get eel said my hostess. So I got squid flounder apples onions lots of cinnamon and something called galingale. It's kind of like frankincense. I see I said
How is Colwin most likely feeling when he says I see?
A. Puzzled
B. Fearful
C. Curious
D. Admiring

C. Curious