A tragic tale to be sure, but perhaps not the worst imprisonment you could have suffered! You could be starving and rotting away in that tower you were locked in originally, forgotten by all as your kingdom fell! Still, perhaps there might be an opportunity to obtain your freedom some other way!

[He nods absently and that jar definitely has his eye. He gets up and crosses the room in a few quick strides, picking up the jar to peer at its contents.]

Now what could you be~?

[He probably seems a bit mad to the princess...which he honestly is.]