Knock, knock. Who's there?
"How long can I stay here? When should I expect a ride to the place you want me to ask my fairy about wire-lacing?"
"I am not going to shuttle you off to a place for wire-lacing until all of the - this is handled, unless you genuinely want me to and need a distraction. Or something."
"I guess whether I need a distraction that involves leaving the palace depends on whether your library's any good. But I want to be doing something. I don't want to just - loiter around determining whether I agree with Nadi about the pillows' softness, worrying."
"The library's actually excellent, say what you will about the king, but the man knows his literature."
"...I'm supposed to be avoiding the king, right? So if he hangs out in the library a lot maybe I'd better go try the wire-lace sooner rather than later after all."
"He's usually not there often, usually in the evenings, if you're there in the mornings I doubt you'll catch him."