Okay, to be clear, nobody likes puns. The only thing you can do with a pun is love to hate it, right? Like, you groan but you laugh.

[This clearly makes sense to Karen. Or at least to the filterless, rambling version of her brought about by the aftermath of her unfortunate evening. It might be a bit of compartmentalization as well.

Her brow furrows, and she lapses into a thoughtful silence for a moment.]

Hmm. Maybe more a combination of genuineness and cleverness? So it could be a pun or something poetic or a - really good speech or a line from a song. If it's real and it's smart, it's definitely appealing.