"Maybe," Autor says, focused on toasting this marshmallow successfully. "It's a puzzle, it truly is. I know I'm at the point where I can figure it out, but I've not yet grasped the answer."

He shrugs, turning the skewer. "I wish I could remember this Story. I have the book to read, The Prince and the Raven, but I have the impression that's not the whole of it."