Panel 1: Marie and Rahim are sitting at the table in the Davies student kitchen, plates of indescribable food in front of them.
Marie: How old are you, Rahim?
Rahim: Thirty-two.
Panel 2:
Marie: Ten years older than me!
Rahim: I had a whole career before I came here...nursing at a big hospital downtown.
Panel 3:
Rahim: It was an interesting job; I enjoyed it. But then, one day, I said to myself: "Why not try for my Ph.D.?"
Panel 4:
Marie: We all go a little mad sometimes.
Rahim: That was what I said to myself next.
Alt-Text: When I think about grad school, I often feel like quoting _Psycho_...
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