According to Kevin, about once a month one of the junior scientists decides they want to leave science and has this storm of guilt and second-guessing. They come to the Hello Hello, and Doc Matapang just lets them sit and babble. He feeds them and listens until the dam breaks, and he soaks it all up until they feel better. I am afraid he’s about to do that to me. I’m afraid he’ll try and it won’t work. I’m not like a dam. I’m like a glass. If I break I’m going to be broken forever. I don’t want to say hi to him. But I don’t manage a getaway before Doc appears from the back room, wiping his big
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