“I mean, if the math checks out.” “Unbelievable,” said Alice. “This is why everyone hates logicians.” “It’s a compliment, Law. I am showing you some disciplinary respect.” “Well, don’t bother,” she said, though she did feel a stupid flutter in her chest. Lab work used to be like this, she thought. Peter’s jabs, her rebuttals; two different methodologies clashing until, always, they settled on some compromise that was closer to the truth. Oh, but this hurt—she had not realized how much she had missed this. “It’s condescending.”
