Well, even if he'd not said anything, Beverly definitely would have noticed the way that the knife came out the back of the kid's pumpkin. Of course if it was her, then she definitely would have said that it was an intentional thing, but he's not her. Still, she pokes at her pumpkin with her knife again, dragging it along the edge of the piece that she'd just broken off as if she could somehow salvage the design that she'd been doing. It's a losing battle for Beverly, considering the whole how important that piece was to the structure of the carving thing.

"Is this your first time carving a pumpkin?" Even though he looks to be her age, Bev has learned from Tommy that it doesn't mean that the other kids here had the experiences she does, so she's trying to be nice about it.