Comic #4994: express

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Comic Text Description:

Panel 1:

• Character 1 (a boy with red hair) asks, “Will we ever actually use any of this math?”
• Character 2 (a girl with brown hair) looks at him curiously.
• Character 3 (an adult woman with gray hair and glasses) responds, “Of course!”

Panel 2:

• The woman continues, “Life is an express train headed for Oblivion City, and this proof of Pythagoras’ theorem is one more pretty thing to contemplate before you pull into the station.”
• A diagram of a square with sides labeled 'a' and 'b' and diagonals drawn inside.

Panel 3:

• Character 1 (the boy) says, “I… I meant like, will it get me a job?”

Panel 4:

• The woman replies, “It got me this job conducting your express train!”
• She has a playful expression, showing a mix of pride and humor in her job.

Comic Attribution:

• The comic is from "smbc-comics.com".