Comic #4299: abstract

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Panel 1:

• Person 1: "DO YOU THINK DEBORAH IS IN TO ME?"
• Person 2: "THAT GIRL WHO ACCIDENTALLY BRUSHED YOUR SHOULDER BETWEEN CLASSES?"
• Person 1: "YEAH."

Panel 2:

• Person 2: "YOU KNOW, DR. EDMUND HARRIS DEFINES MATHEMATICS AS ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THAT HAS NO REFERENCE TO THE REAL WORLD."

Panel 3:

• Person 1: "MY RELATIONSHIP WITH DEBORAH IS NOT MATHEMATICS."
• Person 2: "CERTAINLY NOT APPLIED MATHEMATICS."