[A low-pitched stutter of noise escapes him, something unformed and humorless and snide. He recovers from his brief moment of surprise masterfully, driving onward in vengeful, scathing criticism.]
Yes. I'm certain interrupting counts as helping in some circles.
[He launches back to his work in a renewed burst of semi-legible scribbling, his private symphony of exasperation, and continues without lifting his gaze from the far more interesting arrangement of numbers and letters forming from the vicious swipes of his pen.]
Though not, I would think, in those involving anyone remotely familiar with academia.
[Rush pauses, briefly, to favor the other man with a skeptically arched eyebrow, his private assessment clear. This man - not an academic. Clearly.]
no subject
[A low-pitched stutter of noise escapes him, something unformed and humorless and snide. He recovers from his brief moment of surprise masterfully, driving onward in vengeful, scathing criticism.]
Yes. I'm certain interrupting counts as helping in some circles.
[He launches back to his work in a renewed burst of semi-legible scribbling, his private symphony of exasperation, and continues without lifting his gaze from the far more interesting arrangement of numbers and letters forming from the vicious swipes of his pen.]
Though not, I would think, in those involving anyone remotely familiar with academia.
[Rush pauses, briefly, to favor the other man with a skeptically arched eyebrow, his private assessment clear. This man - not an academic. Clearly.]