Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

"Check this out, did I nail it?"

Jen scrutinized the figures once more, nodding, "Looks like we're all set."

But it was Stoddard, with his seasoned eye, who caught the discrepancy: "These two spots, they don't match up."

"-The figures in line 7, both are off. It's not 50 and 71, it should be 50.2 and...70.88."

Roseanne, walking by, caught sight of the long string of data and immediately noticed the error at the seventh node, where two numbers were off.

Normally, these people kept their distance from Roseanne in the lab. It wasn't exactly standoffish, but it definitely wasn't friendly either.

Even with Jen's warmth and Stoddard's inclusiveness, the natural gap between them and Roseanne couldn't be bridged with more conversations or shared meals.

It was a gap formed by differences in education, status, age, and the time spent together.

Liz were certainly not the same as with

four exchanged doubtful

Liz even scoffed dismissively.

and quickest among them at calculations, had missed it. Could Roseanne have caught

out. "Roseanne, these sets of data have been Sammy's baby, and we've all double-checked the first draft. You're saying there's an issue with the original figures at this node... it's

Liz let out a derisive laugh, "Some people just can't help but show off, huh? If you don't know, then don't speak. Just because you can talk doesn't

even on the same research topic. Biology

biology project was already an exception. Now we're discussing physies, and you're butting

Olympiads doesn't mean you're now an expert in

a competition. Solving problems and conducting research are on completely different levels! You have to be accountable for every word

left no room for Roseanne

and save face for the newcomer, but she