"Oh," she groaned, "a slot opened up on the board. The guy running Instrumentation had to resign, after Senator Dougal cracked up.... The board asked for me by name because of the Nobel award nonsense, and the neuro krewe told me I should take the post. We do need the labware. They nickel and dime us to death on equipment, they just don’t understand our requirements. They don’t even want to understand us."