One of the many cakes Studmuffin had made over the months I'd known him had these delicate chocolate curls decorating the top and sides. It looked as though he'd shaved a large chunk of chocolate, maybe with one of his murder needles, but hopefully with something more sanitary.

Anyway, that's what I imagined my knees did when he said those two little words: "It's Boxy." Like my knees had turned into chunks of chocolate and those words were what had shaved them into delicate curls ...