The Sword could 'hear' through the queen's thoughts that her attention was about to be pulled away momentarily, so she relayed the queen's answer to Link while she waited on the queen.
She says that she is looking for bound blank books, though they are not critical. You are welcome to return home, she told Link, closed to the open connection with the queen.
Link stared at the Sword for a second, chewing silently while he tried to translate 'bound blank books' into something that made sense to his somewhat distracted brain.
"Oh, journals?" He scowled at a bite of mushrooms skewed on the end of his fork. "I can hop back to Tarrey Town and ask Dyson. He gets all that paper from somewhere." Ugh. Down the hatch with that mediocre food. "Anything else? Pictures, information, anything? She was wanting to dye clothes today, right? I can run out to Gerudo Town, she needs something to wear there that won't make my identity too easy to guess, I can pick up something there."
I will ask her momentarily, the Sword told him. I'm afraid I startled her, and she is in Pruce and Ivee's company. She is being asked about her reaction.