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Carbon (from headspace): Okay, Diamond. I’ll tell you the answers, and you write them down.

(Diamond readies her pencil.)
Diamond: ‘Kay.
Carbon (from headspace): The first one is U…then Ar…N…As…Ho…

(Diamond starts writing.)
Diamond: “You…are…an…”
Carbon (from headspace): —No, the letter U! And the chemical symbol Ar! Not—

(Diamond waves the exam paper high.)
Diamond (shouting): Professor Cuuurium! I’m doo-oone!
(Carbon facepalms.)