driftsintobuffetline: (sparkle eyes)
Newton "Newt" Geiszler ([personal profile] driftsintobuffetline) wrote in [personal profile] mathemagier 2016-01-03 09:51 am (UTC)

I am never right! I mean, I am ALWAYS right, but I am never--you never SAY I am right.

[ Another frustrated snort of breath. He moves close and puts a hand on Hermann's forearm, not to stop him from filling the kettle, but to get his attention again. Newt tries valiantly to keep his face from looking too uncertain about being told he is right. He should enjoy it. He doesn't.]

Hermann. [Newt gazes up at him.] ...Hermann, you're going to have to talk to me. I just-- We talk. We have words, even if they're not great words, that's what we do, what we've always done. [He bites his lip and withdraws his hand] 'Nothing to worry about' doesn't mean you're not worried. I'm worried and it's not even MY worry. So, let's, uh, crunch the numbers, figure out why these worries are unsupported by the data, okay?

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