Frankly, Miguel didn't lock the door because he wasn't expecting for people to come in and actually check on what he was doing. In the lab, sure. In his own personal quarters? Maybe a few would see that he closed down his workspace and get a bit curious, but mostly be busy with other more important things. So he thought.

But instead, he was here. Branch was here. Branch just made a strange offer that very effectively throws him for a loop, and his brows raise up.

"A gift?"

Was this a joke? Was Branch about to turn this very weirdly exposed moment for the both of them into something annoying? Say sike about everything, and go knock something over for the chaotic fun? After an even more awkward beat of staring at each other, expecting the punchline and never getting it, he slowly realizes that's not what's happening.

"I... suppose that's all right." he starts, cautiously. "The point is to leave things that they would like if they were to visit."

Something that only Miguel knows, really. But he's not outright rejecting the idea.