She so loves when Magni does that - makes her feel so precious, so particular with her, that she barely wants to detangle from her when Magni drops Lakshmi back down.

Happily, she finds, she does not have to. Because that question had but one answer, she swoops down and kisses her for the first time in weeks. Doing so soundly, almost tearfully, happily. "Of course, of course. I have hated having you gone."