[The present isn't shaped like spear or bone or snowball, so it doesn't fly in quite a familiar way. But he's caught enough suddenly flung objects to scramble for it, and pull it close for inspection.]

It looks like a very normal wrapping...

[Not a contradiction of her claims, just confusion and uncertainty. He turns the wrapped object around, sticking a finger in the ribbon's bow to examine it.]

Feels like it, too. Ribbon... Wrapping paper... Tape... Was the tape especially sticky and durable? Maybe the trick is to cut the paper itself.