What? What does that even mean?

She doesn’t stay still, and instead dashes so that she can come to a skidding half and block Lakshmi’s way. “What are you talking about?”

Confused, hurt, wondering if Lakshmi found out about the surprise and was for some reason angry about it rather than happy. Silence hangs off her like a heavy cloak, and she looks utterly, utterly bewildered - but in a Magni way, which is to say unhelpdully understated.