Professor's Pat-Pat Time

Slurp-.

As the warm milk trickled down my throat, I felt a gentle warmth spreading through my body.

The lactose in the milk slowly broke down into glucose and galactose in my stomach, then began supplying glucose to my brain.

Sugar really is the best thing when you're using your brain.

“Professor. Have you made any progress on your Navier–Stokes research?”

“I think I’m starting to get a feel for it, maybe—but I’ll probably have to dig into it for several more years. Research is a battle against time, after all. And there’s something else more urgent than that right now.”

I gently set the paper cup down on the desk and pointed at the calendar hanging on the wall.

A huge circle had been drawn on it in red marker.

“Oh, the final exams.”

“Yep. I heard the question-writing deadline is this Friday.”...