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"I treated myself to dinner and a movie." "Good, you need to be kind to yourself." "That's what the self-help books say." "I never read 'em. I thought I was being original." "I don't know why they call them the dollar movies," I said. "The ticket cost a buck seventy-five, and I spent another six on popcorn and a drink." "They hose you on refreshments." "Yeah, and they won't even let you bring in your own stuff. Probably an antitrust suit in there somewhere." I took the hankie from my pocket and blew my nose. "You got a cold?" "Sinus infection." "Gonna see a doctor?" "They always say it's just allergies." "That's what they're taught to say when they don't know what's wrong." "Tve never been allergic to anything in my life," I said. "Me either," he said. "“Real men don't get allergies." We laughed at our own caricatures of masculinity. "So," he said when the laughter had ceased, "tell me about your new client." "She's a math professor with a preference for the Southwestern motif." "Divorce case?" "No, a fractal case." "Is this where I'm supposed to ask what a fractal is?" "Yup." "What's a fractal?" I explained fractals as best I could and outlined the facts my client had presented. “And," I added, "guess who one of the agents was?" "You're shittin' me?" "Nope."