[The blush doesn't escape Claude's notice even as she looks away, but he's still trying to be as respectful as possible despite... everything, so it goes unremarked. He's keeping his hands to himself and trying not to fidget to avoid annoying her, besides drawings his knees up up to try to better keep himself warm.]

An entertaining tale? I have plenty. How about the time I crossed a desert looking for treasure, and got way more than I bargained for?

[It's such a wild story she might just dismiss it as invention... but then again, she's been around Horos and Kenos long enough that believability has surely been stretched for her by now.]