In the following paragraph:
She gestures across the mass of daisies in the field. This is already a potent summation given the permanent numbers on Maude’s arm signaling a past outside the film’s time frame. But when Ashby cuts to a wide shot...
does "permanent numbers" refer to "daisies on Maude's arm"? If so, why does the writer use the adjective "permanent"? In my understanding, daisies could not be "permanent".
