A Brilliant Young Mind Page #2

"such that both m divides n squared plus

one and that n divides m squared plus one?"

When will we find out?

About a week, probably.

It's all right, male. Relax to

the Max. Take a chill pill.

Talking of which,

this hill's a killer.

Do you mind if we

take the weight off?

- Can I ask you a question?

- Hang on.

Go on then, hit me.

- Hit you?

- Ask me the f***ing question!

Why did things go wrong

for you, at the Olympiad?

There's lots of reasons, really.

My "thing" was kicking

off around that time.

My ailment.

Cutting me down in

the prime of my life.

I just sort of lost it.

I can't lose it.

Nathan, you haven't gotta

prove anything, all right?

What's important is that you enjoy

doing it, maths, and you do, don't you?

So whether you get

on the team or not,

you're gonna do amazing

things in the future.

You haven't.

Well, thanks a lot.

You charming little bastard.

Hi. Hi.

Um, can I order

number 47, please,

with, um,

seven prawn balls and a

small chips, thank you.

It come with six

balls, number 47.

Yeah, I know. Usually...

Sorry, are you new?

It's just we come

here all the time

and it's usually just fine,

you give us an extra ball.

Number 48 is a large

prawn ball meal.

You get nine balls, large

chips and crackers.

Yeah, I know.

No. Sorry.

Sorry.

No, he doesn't like, um, crackers

and he likes to have a small chips.

I'm sorry, it's just...

My son, he's quite picky

and he needs the meal

number to be a prime number

and there to be a prime

number of prawn balls.

And, um,

if he had nine balls it

wouldn't be a prime number

and number 48 isn't...

Isn't... Isn't a prime...

Is it? Is it? I don't

know. Yes, I do.

Um, yes, no, I'm right.

- Is that okay?

- Yeah.

There we go. A big

fat "well done".

It's all spilt out.

No, no, it's fine. Nathan, Nathan,

don't get upset. It's fine.

- No, Mum, it's not fine.

- It's fine.

- You don't do anything right.

- I'm sorry?

Everything you do is wrong.

Well, I'm sorry, okay?

Thank you so much!

Sorry.

That doctor didn't know his herbivores

from his carnivores, did he?

And do you know why?

Because he's not

as smart as you.

Is there someone else you

know that has what you have?

Einstein.

Okay.

But...

I just want you to know

that you're fine the

way you are, Nathan.

So do you want one of them ice

cream things for dessert or what?

- Dad!

- What?

No! Not again.

- What do I do? Do I lean forward?

- No, back!

Back? No, this is a disaster.

I know. I know. Give me this.

As promised, I

come bearing news.

Are you sure it's okay if I stand out

here? I don't wanna put you out.

- Yeah.

- Invite me in, Nathan.

- Come in.

- Thank you very much.

Put the kettle on, then.

- Put the kettle on what?

- It's okay. I'll do it.

- Hi, Julie.

- Hi, Mr. Humphreys.

- How are you?

- Very good, thank you.

- Thanks for coming round.

- I got it.

My goodness. Is that

what I think it is?

I hope so, otherwise it would

have been a wasted journey.

Um, you open it.

- You want me to open it? All right then.

- Yeah.

Dear Mr. Ellis, I am writing to

let you know that unfortunately...

"...you have successfully earned a place

on the United Kingdom maths squad!"

My goodness! Nathan, darling.

- Well, that's good news, isn't it?

- My gosh!

- Well done, mate.

- Well done.

Why is that unfortunate?

No, I was having a joke, mate.

It says the training camp's

in Taiwan this year.

- Have you ever been on a plane before?

- No. He's not.

- Well, that's exciting, isn't it?

- Um...

But...

I should study.

- Are you leaving now, or...

- Nathan.

He doesn't mean that.

Probably, yeah.

- Okay.

- Well...

- I'm gonna go and study.

- Okay.

Well done, mate.

- He is pleased. He's...

- I know he is, yeah.

I'm gonna have something stronger

than a cup of tea, actually, I think.

- I'm gonna have a glass of wine.

- Okay.

Would you like...

I should probably shoot off.

Okay, no, that's fine.

But I mean, if you're

gonna have one.

Actually, I was thinking maybe,

you know you'd like to...

To join us next month,

take him to the airport.

I know that would

make Nathan happy.

I should probably tell

you before they...

I'm taking a bit of

a break from work.

It's a bit of a forced break.

It's a bit like I'm

being fired, basically.

I'm sorry.

But I wanted to say to you

even though I'm not working

for the school any more, I'd really

like to carry on teaching Nathan.

- Really?

- Yeah. I mean, if that's all right with you?

- That would be amazing.

- Obviously for no money.

Jesus Christ!

My God!

That's a bit of a weird one.

- Thanks for the drink and stuff.

- Not at all.

- Don't worry about it. All right.

- Yeah, no, good.

- Will you be all right? Okay.

- Yeah. Cheers, Julie. Thank you.

- Thank you. Take care.

- All right.

We were just talking, Nathan.

I was looking at Jupiter.

I didn't do it on purpose.

It was just...

It was just nice, you know,

to have someone to talk to.

For once. For me.

Sometimes I feel a bit alone.

Okay.

What else can we write?

Numbers? Say a prime number.

- Quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly.

- 353.

353!

Whoa!

Just in time.

Perfect timing.

Fireworks night again, is it?

He's letting you hold

his hand, isn't he?

The sparkler helps.

Come on, Nathan.

It's time to change the fish.

If you come now you can get

an extra scoop of ice cream.

Extra scoop of Ice cream.

And what do I get?

- You don't get anything.

- Go ahead, go ahead.

- I'm lucky.

- Yeah, you get me.

I like a man in a shed.

- Go and get me ice cream.

- But you're not getting...

I told you, you're not getting...

Ice cream, Julie!

Nathan?

Jesus.

Nathan!

Nathan, It's okay.

Nathan, I'm not angry.

Nathan!

Michael? Michael?

- Everything all right?

- Yeah.

I'm quite looking FORWARD

to this in a weird sort of way.

Yeah, I know.

Little trip down memory Lane.

- Okay. We all ready?

- Hang on.

This is for you.

Nathan...

What do you say?

- Thank you.

- Well, I used to use them,

so they're probably cursed.

But, you know, it might remind

you of home or something.

- Very lovely of you.

- Right then.

- Shall we get this show on the road?

- Yep. Let's go.

Nathan?

Can you get in

the back with me?

Nathan, I think Mr. Humphreys will

be more comfortable in the front.

It's okay, darling.

Darling, darling, it's okay.

I'll drive carefully.

No, It's all right.

I'm actually surprisingly bendy.

Christ.

It's Tricky Dicky. Look out.

All right, Richard?

Martin Humphreys. '95.

Humphreys! Yeah,

hell's teeth. Yes.

Yes. The last I heard,

you were, um...

- Teaching, was it?

- Yes.

Yeah. At what

university? I can't...

- It's a secondary school.

- Yeah.

Wasted opportunity, this one.

So what are you doing here?

You flying off to Ibiza?

Fleeing the world of reason and rationality

for some hallucinogenic escape?

No, I'm dropping

this one off, actually.

Nathan Ellis, I presume. Yes.

The dragon.

And where have you

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