I love the comment about Bill Gates needing 64 bits to count his money! Innumeracy astounds me as it really is trivial stuff, which anyone could learn, unlike illiteracy.
I think she feels flattered in much the same way as dipping a girl’s hair in the inkwell used to be acknowledged, at least at parental level as a flirt, rather than an attack. I think the final smile is pensive; trying to decide whether to be flattered or whatever. Cynthia’s feeling good, I think.
I love the comment about Bill Gates needing 64 bits to count his money! Innumeracy astounds me as it really is trivial stuff, which anyone could learn, unlike illiteracy.