"‘Ohhh, you are so useless,’ the skull said.
With mounting panic I tried again. This blow was even more ineffectual.
It gaped at me in disbelief. ‘Hopeless! A toddler could tap this open!’
‘Don’t criticize me!’ I roared. ‘You’re the one who suggested I use a stupid hammer!’
‘I didn’t think you’d be too feeble to lift it! Why didn’t you say?’
‘I’ve never broken a silver-glass jar before! How did I know how tough they were?’
‘You might as well give it to that dead cockroach over there! He’d have more chance than you.’
‘Oh, why don’t you just shut up?’
‘This,’ Marissa said, ‘is priceless."