"Matin!"
Everyone turned and looked at her, and Ro felt her face flame. And up in the front of the room, Dr. Zee Smith, bending down to pick up a pointer, was looking genuinely perplexed. "Yes, Ms. Rowan?"
Ro leaned back in her seat and tried to regain herself. "Ymmm … yeah, that sort of sounds like … Matin?" she hedged, looking at the board of squiggles and letters that made no sense to her whatsoever.
Dr. Smith blinked and then beamed into a large smile. "Very impressive, Ms. Rowan. Of course, Matin fudged several of his equations and the math is extremely sloppy, but he did base a lot of his …"
Ro groaned, along with several other students. She couldn't leave this one fast enough.