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He dropped his pen and didn’t even bother to catch it as it rolled off his desk. Hugh turned to look at Alan with a clearly flat and unamused expression. Did he honestly just ask that?
“I would ask if you are joking, but I don’t think you know what a joke is.” he said as he leaned back on his seat and decided he might as well light a cigarette while he began to think of an appropriate response. Well, honestly, just the truth.
“Well, a woman and a man have sex. And the woman becomes pregnant. And then a baby comes out of her vagina. Don’t ask me the science behind that.” He shrugged and just scratched at his forehead before puffing once more on his cig. “Why on earth did you just ask that?”
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Alan only looked up at Hugh once he had finished explaining. He let out a musing hum, idly tapping his pen on his chin and not noticing the ink that splattered on his chin and neck.
“I d-don’t know, really, it was- it was just on my m-mind…”
Hugh did nothing more but give the mathematician an idle stare, waiting for him to add to his statement. He didn’t. Bringing his hand to his face, Hugh wiped at his eyes before reaching below his desk to pick up the pen that had rolled off.
“If you’re thinking about children, perhaps that should be your focus after we’ve cracked enigma.”
