[ This little, he says - it's more than she'd expected to get to work with, especially in a castle with so few other occupants. Really, she's surprised there's anything to use at all. ]

Mm. I can manage with this easily. There's no problem.

[ The lashing of his tail catches her by surprise, though. He always plays at bored irritation, but even though his expression hasn't changed - that's the first time it'd moved since she'd walked into the throne room. Maybe he really had been as bored as he looked. ]

If there's things to dispose of or dirty water to dump out, where would you prefer me to do it?