You Can Run But...
he tilted his head, "so as I was saying, one day, a princess came into the dragon's lair; she'd lost her way, and she wanted to leave, but the dragon was furious that she'd disturbed his peace, so he imprisoned her."
Her mouth dropped open, gazing at him wide-eyed.
"He threatened to eat her, and she cried and cried and cried and....."
"Zaynnnne"
"Alright, alright," he chuckled, "the princess, hopeless and scared, begged the dragon to let her go, but the dragon refused; but after some time, the dragon gave her a condition." He mimicked, "Before I let you go, you'll have to brighten up my whole lair."
"That's easy."