Comic #6330: long-division

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Panel 1:

• Character 1 (child): "Dad, do you know long division?"
• Character 2 (dad): "No."

Panel 2:

• Character 2: "My hands know long division. Give them a problem and they will work it, and my brain will observe it as a form of sorcery."

Panel 3:

• Character 2: "All adults are like this. Our bodies learned to do things by about age 23, and we remain bewildered as they continue to operate."

Panel 4:

• Character 1: "Wow. Like you’re all ghosts."
• Character 2: "Well, ghosts don’t degrade over time."