[He smiles at her eagerness, pleased to have thought of something that makes her brighten so, even if only for a few moments. She will need a distraction while she is waiting, and what better distraction than a tale?]

What sort do you like? I know ones meant to scare, and ones of knights and jousts, or knights and battle--and princes and war--and some of princesses, too, but only the ones that aren't boring.