On another day Mr. Ghamisi began defining various functions for us.
After describing odd and even functions, he went on to define a neither
odd nor even function as one that was neither odd nor even. Likewise he
explained that a both odd and even function was both odd and even. We
all laughed at his explanation, pointing out that such functions really
didn’t need a description as what they meant was clear from their names.
“It’s not always the case where something is what its name describes,”
he countered. “For example if someone introduced themselves as Hossein
Gholi prime, would you take the derivative of Hossein Gholi to find out
what their name is?”
Michailovic pushed his glasses back and sighed. “The following numbers are being released. ”The numbers came spitting out of Michailovic’s mouth, resembling in more ways than one a madman with a machine gun in a massacre. Hardly anyone showed any reaction, making it impossible to tell whether they were shot or not. The notable exceptions were a couple of smiles breaking out here and there as some numbers were being skipped. As the list carried on, Callahan realized that before long it would be zooming in at an alarming rate on his proximity. Callahan had no idea who those ahead of him were, but he could see that none of them were making the cut. He considered it good, after all the more gone before him, the higher his chances were. He looked up at Michailovic, almost trying to read his lips before the words were spat out. “116.” Callahan looked around, trying to identify the holder of this number. However, no one was responding. “117.” C...
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