The small smirk he had again painted on was washed away immediately with her reaction. For a moment, he couldn't believe he'd actually nailed that one and thought he must be reading her wrong. For another moment, he thought maybe their parents had a weird sense of humor, but...
Somehow, he knew, that wasn't the case. He hadn't been aware of people popping out of storybooks, but he did know many of those old stories were based on some kind of truth. Still, that notion didn't make any more sense to him than anything else in that town.
"I... no, I don't think so," He said, wondering if he should share where he came up with that information, because by the looks of it, she'd never heard of the story before. "It's just, you know, Hansel and Gretel. It's a classic, everyone's heard that one."