:21:07
Think it's about time?
:21:08
- Dr. Matt Hastings.
- Stephanie Clayton. "Steve."
:21:11
I like Steve.
:21:13
I'm really indebted to you,
Dr. Hastings, for this ride.
:21:15
Or rather, I'm indebted to your friend Josh.
:21:18
So am I.
:21:20
I guess it's none of my business asking why
you're going out to Deemer's place, but...
:21:24
Why not?
:21:25
I'm doing graduate work in biology.
:21:27
The professor teaches it, or he did.
:21:30
I knew it would happen.
:21:31
Give women the vote and what do you get?
Lady scientists.
:21:35
Well, student so far.
:21:37
You see, I wrote a paper on the nutritional
aspects of expanding populations...
:21:41
and Prof. Jacobs read it
and offered me a job for the summer.
:21:44
How about a place to live?
:21:46
There are a couple of nice boarding houses
in Desert Rock.
:21:48
- Cost less than a hotel.
- Well, no.
:21:51
I'm going to stay at the professor's.
:21:53
You see, it's all part of my contract.
:21:55
I'll be laboratory technician, cook, student.
The whole works.
:21:59
I see.
:22:00
Well, it's one way of earning a master's.
:22:02
And it's worth it working with people
like Deemer and Prof. Jacobs.
:22:07
- How well did you know Eric Jacobs?
- I've never met him.
:22:11
He just read the paper and liked it,
and that was that.
:22:15
He's dead.
:22:17
Died yesterday morning.
:22:20
How?
:22:22
Glandular condition called acromegalia.
:22:25
Acromegalia? Isn't that a very rare disease?
:22:28
Extremely.
:22:30
Are you sure it was that?
:22:33
No, I'm not sure at all.