"It's not a bad thing," Avery says. She'd been a terrible tomboy, in truth, climbing and fighting and pretty much never wearing skirts if she could avoid it. "Aren't there a few carpenters in the Castle still? Hans, I think. He's supposed to be good with his...hands."

Are puns better or worse when they're unintentional?

"Things are..." She begins. "Fine, I suppose. Mr. Bernard and I aren't seeing each other anymore." She hadn't mentioned it to anyone yet.