"I knew you would be able to," he said, still smiling. He didn't get why she said it would be weird. What was weird about that? He wasn't going to ask. He looked past Malia and at the pins that were still standing. "Make the ball go slightly to the right," he suggested. "If you do it right, it'll knock them down."
He just stared at Malia, lost once again. "I said something funny? What did I say?"