He sweat like hell in those second skins of latex rubber. “Do you have a preference Mistress? A certain color?”“Choose whichever you like, as lo...ng as it’s clean and shiny.”“Yes, Mistress.” He bowed a third time and retreated back to the stairs, ascending them quickly.“And hurry!” she called after him. “I’m getting hungry!”Michael felt cool metal flat against his torso and upper thighs. His wrists and ankles were shackled tightly to the sides of the contestant podium. The taste of rubber was. I don't want you to have an abortion. I'll marry you, I mean it!" he told her, pleading."It doesn't matter now. We're through." She shook her head, repeating, "It doesn't matter now." Yes it does matter!"She closed her eyes for a moment, and then turned around and walked into her room. He followed her, sitting on her chair while she played the message from the doctor on the machine. He listened, then dropped his jaw."You're not pregnant? Oh yes!" Get out!" she screamed at him."Come on, donUt be. Walking back to my hall locker took very little time. But after rounding the last corner, I began getting sick to my stomach. Something about my hall locker looked odd, too. And yes, on closer inspection, my hall locker was double-locked! In desperation I removed my lock, but the second one still held securely.Knowing it was futile, I nevertheless went looking for Ms. Sprite. When I found her she was just leaving her office and heading for a shower. Her scent was strong and she looked a little. Here, in this concise equation, are the essences of complex analysis. Toy Euler: cool. Faustus Mortal: One special case, which Euler is claimed to be a representation of the deity, is when t = pi. We have e^(i p) + 1 = 0 or e^(i pi) = -1. A parsimony of numbers and symbols spanning all of mathematics: real, imaginary, exponentiation… With one ‘e,’ one ‘i,’ one carat ‘^,’ one equal sign ‘=,’ and, depending on your philosophy, one plus sign and a zero or one minus sign. Toy Euler smiles. .