Thankfully, Caltech is the kind of place where fellow obsessives aren’t hard to find. I encountered one in particular outside Pietro’s office, when I heard what appeared to be two conspicuously Italian voices, rather than the one I was used to. I soon learned that the second belonged to a fellow grad student I’d yet to meet. He was tall, with an accent so impenetrable it made Pietro’s practically vanish in comparison, and boasted a head of wildly curling hair that stood out from across the room. He also happened to be in a hurry that day, making for a forgettable first encounter even as Pietro
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First meeting w/ Silvio.
