This question made Nick doubt if he actually understood what he was hearing.
Had he misinterpreted the Specter's language?
'No, it makes sense. I'm pretty sure it just asked me if I'm hungry.'
Nick hit the middle of the gate, signifying a no.
"Joyful: Ha ha ha! I should have expected!" came the translated answer from the walls.
Surprisingly, the Specter had also established a way to communicate the tone of a sentence. Apparently, that was important to the Specter.
'This is not how a normal Specter communicates,' Nick thought. 'Either this Specter is extremely adept at mimicking humans and believes that its positive and charismatic delivery gives it a better chance to be released, or this is a Specter with an altered state of mind.'