A drabble following 3.14 'The Tao of Rodney'.
Episode spoilers.
Flowers for Rodney
He takes one last look at the symbols covering the whiteboard. Definitely his writing; there's the squiggle when he writes a four too fast and the pen skids, the one someone once misread as a plus sign and really, the man didn't have to make such a fuss about it because the machine hadn't been that expensive, and --
Yes. It's his. And now it's incomprehensible.
He erases the equations, dimming their light, reducing them to true gibberish.
It doesn't feel like a victory but it's still a relief.
And he's made notes anyway.
He'll figure it out. He's smart.
Still.
Episode spoilers.
Flowers for Rodney
He takes one last look at the symbols covering the whiteboard. Definitely his writing; there's the squiggle when he writes a four too fast and the pen skids, the one someone once misread as a plus sign and really, the man didn't have to make such a fuss about it because the machine hadn't been that expensive, and --
Yes. It's his. And now it's incomprehensible.
He erases the equations, dimming their light, reducing them to true gibberish.
It doesn't feel like a victory but it's still a relief.
And he's made notes anyway.
He'll figure it out. He's smart.
Still.