Rahel took the water, uncapped it and took a sip. She brushed a hand carefully under her eyes to wipe away the wetness. Satisfied that she hadn't smudged her makeup, she looked up.
"Actually, I did come for the plants. I heard Richard Attenborough named it because the scientific name didn't seem appropriate to be repeated on air." Another sip of the water.
"Mathematics, yes. It's a change from the east coast, but not by much. The worst is trying to get adjusted to someone else's syllabus. I still can't believe someone would just up and leave in the middle of the semester."