Unlike what he feared, she did not get angry at his suggestion. In fact, she seemed quite happy and appreciative that he had brought it up to her. Her green eyes lit up as she beamed at him, reaching up to tuck some of her green hair behind her ear. "I doubt any story I would tell would be as interesting as yours, but I will certainly try to tell them well."<br/><br/>She was pleased that he wanted to get to know her. It made her have hope that they could become friends over the time they would be spending together. She took a minute to think before a story came to mind.<br/><br/>"When I was a young girl before my brother died, we were playing in the garden. Our mother was having tea with some of the other court ladies, not really paying attention to us. Well, my brother decided to be a bit adventurous and wander into a part of the garden that we normally didn't go into. I was reluctant but I knew I couldn't leave him alone, so I followed after him.<br/><br/>There was a large pond that had many different colored fish in it. My parents didn't like us to go near it because they were afraid one of us would fall in and possibly drown. Well, before I could stop him, he wandered over to the pond and leaned forward before he tumbled headfirst into the pond. I thought my heart was going to fall out of my chest in fear as I ran to him. I didn't know how to swim, but that didn't stop me from diving in and trying to save him. The commotion captured my mother's attention and my father, who had just joined them, came running to the pond.<br/><br/>He saw the both of us in the pond, about to drown and leaped into the water. My mother stood at the edge, visibly shaken and afraid for us. Fortunately, father managed to rescue us and pull us out of the cold water. I remember how scared they both were and how much of a scolding the two of us received for that little mishap. That was shortly before Marin fell sick." She paused once she was done telling her story, a somber look on her face.