:13:05
Hello. Mind if I sit here?
:13:09
Why?
:13:11
Because you're
the only unattached male...
:13:13
and I'm the only unattached female.
:13:16
That's very sensible.
:13:20
A man who cooks. How refreshing.
:13:23
I picked it up when I went out west
to collect galls.
:13:26
I was gone for 11 months, and I don't think I
saw more than a dozen people the whole time.
:13:30
- Sounds lonely.
- Oh.
:13:32
I enjoyed it.
:13:35
I've been reading up on gall wasps.
:13:37
- I think I know why they appeal to you.
- Uh-huh.
:13:40
They have great big wings,
but they can't fly.
:13:43
They are incapable of getting
from this hill to that hill...
:13:46
unless it's close enough to walk...
:13:48
which means it's possible...
:13:51
to retrace each generation's steps,
hill by hill...
:13:54
by hill by hill...
:13:55
all the way back
to the very beginning.
:13:58
The gall wasp Garden of Eden.
:14:01
That's very interesting, Miss Millen.
:14:03
You've managed to bridge the gap between Darwin
and the Book of Genesis in a single phrase.
:14:08
- McMillen.
- Mmm?
:14:10
- Clara McMillen.
- Oh!
:14:12
I'm Prok.
:14:14
- Sorry?
- It's a nickname my graduate students have given me.
:14:17
Pro... fessor K... insey. Prok.
:14:21
At first I worried that it suggested
an inappropriate level of intimacy...
:14:24
between teacher and student...
:14:26
that could lead to
a loss of respect down the line.
:14:28
I think it just means they like you.
:14:30
Yes. Eventually I realized that.
:14:36
Um, tomato bisque and sandwiches?
:14:38
Please.