Well, if they're going to pull these apart, too, so be it. Evy doesn't find this tedious exactly, but it doesn't have the natural draw that learning a new alphabet does. And frankly, she's not all that good at it. Doing things with her hands has never been her strong suit, and struggling isn't something she's used to on a regular basis.

But she'll be damned if she gives up, and so she continues doggedly and eventually thinks to answer his question. (His--Jake. Well, she can fill in the blanks there, and even if it's illegal, she's not going to throw stones. It's hardly her business to start with.) "Jonathan, mostly. He's my brother--and he's an absolute nightmare at times, but I...well, he's the only family I have. I've never really--I mean, even when we were at school, we'd write letters."