"Stuff is even more bullshit than magic," Brand agrees. He gives the idea that she saw his phone in a history book exactly the amount of thought it deserves -- an eye roll -- and responds to her apparent interest by lobbing the phone to her, underhanded.

After he locked it, of course. The lock screen shows a field of sunflowers, with the words "put my phone back where you found it" superimposed over it in white letters. Only part of that seems out of character.