"Dude, weird shit happens sometimes. Walking stew would be par for the course." Magnus sets the tupperware on the counter. He wants to keep playing whatever game this is, but he's also managed to work past the bulk of his anxiousness about his current project, and he wants to put it out there before he has time to, once again, second-guess his efforts. So he blurts, "Hey, you know how you hate surprises?"