Ifthis number was different this would work out to a nice even number, butthe way it's written... It has to be a mistake," he said to me."How would yo... solve it though if it's right?" I asked.I watched as he found another piece of paper and started solving theequation using his much higher level math knowledge he'd gained from hisphysics doctorate. "Well, this is the solution as written, but you can'tfully solve it either because of this," he pointed to errors. "Why don'tyou..." He walked me. And by now I had learned that the whole Valley Girl thing was largely a show.Holly seemed like any other empty-headed Valley Girl when she was talking about shopping at The Galleria or talking about who the hottest singer on MTV was. But when our little group got together on Thursday night Ariel the Mage was a no-nonsense magic user who was more likely to shout out “Choke on this fireball!” instead of “Gag me with a spoon!”Holly and I went out a few times, but apart from a little kissing and. And, he saw it.He chuckled and as I looked up I saw the glint in his eyes that I had come to recognize as his teasing of me. “You know, if you didn’t screw around so much during the day, you might not have to spend this time at night doing your work.”I leaned my elbows on the desktop and pointed at him. “You mean … if I wasn’t screwed so much during the day, mister … sir.” For a moment I held onto an appearance of defiance, then I cracked a smile and we both chuckled. Truth was, they all. “Yes. I finish at noon for the professor, so I’ll be able to eat lunch and walk here with plenty of time to spare.”There really wasn’t much else to ask her given that she’d been out of school less than a year, and seemed to have the basic skills we needed.“Do you have any questions for us?” I asked.“My dad wasn’t sure what you did here. He said that Alderman Bloom said it was something with computers?”“We write computer programs and set up computer networks,” Julia said. “Our clients are mostly.