Joshua barely acknowledges Spike's show for attention, just waiting patient for the rest of the story. It is a little slow paced, but it has enough familiar elements to keep his attention until she reaches the part whre the stepmother turns to ash, and he can barely hold back a short snicker.

Rolling more fully onto his back, Joshua links his hands to rest over his chest, raising an eyebrow curiously up at her. "Is that the end? It sounds too good to be true... I don't know how we can beat it."