"See? A delightful production I'm sure." There's nothing better than a good show in Molly's opinion, strict adherence to the truth purely optional. Speaking of which.

He grins easily, spreading his hands a bit to add emphasis. "Oh, stories I can certainly do. Do you know an entire town treated me as foreign royalty for a week?" Because he'd convinced them that he was foreign royalty, but that's besides the point. "Put me up in the nicest place they had and all. Lovely people, them." And it had the added bonus of running a much less savory con man out of town in the process.

"But I can hardly compare to an actual ruler, I'm sure."