[When Bill starts talking about math, Ford's expression changes -- softens. This is far from the first time he's heard Bill get excited enough about math to start on a tangent about it, but this is the first time it's been in the context of something Bill wants -- something he saw, very early in his life, and it's beautiful. Ford listens, more than a little spellbound --
-- and only snaps out of it at the idea of Bill in the army. He can't help it -- he gives a short ha!]
no subject
-- and only snaps out of it at the idea of Bill in the army. He can't help it -- he gives a short ha!]
No, I...really can't.
[He's back in the moment again.]