"It's fine. I'd like the company." It wasn't a lie, she wanted the distraction.

"Swans are about the same as geese. They are better in pies though. But the court chefs make such amazing things." She felt so sick saying that, and she put the whole thing away. Discarded onto the basket of sewing.

"It's strange though, Swans are the most vicious creatures, you wouldn't know it too look at them." They looked so serene, but she'd been chased by one when she had strayed too close to a nest on one occasion.