INT. LAMBEAU'S OFFICE -- DAY Will is in Lambeau's office. Lambeau is at the board, working on a diagram as Tom takes notes. Will seems disinterested.
LAMBEAU:
This rectangle is subdivided into rectangles. One edge of an inner rectangle is an integer. Can you prove that one edge of the larger rectangle is an integer?
WILL:
Of course.
LAMBEAU:
Okay. How?
WILL:
It's an integer proof.
Lambeau smiles.
WILL:
What? Hey, look buddy my time's almost up. You want me to sit here for an hour and write it out?
Lambeau says nothing. Will gets up and goes to the board.
WILL:
Look, I'll give you the key steps to it but I'm not gonna do the whole thing.
Lambeau keeps smiling.
LAMBEAU:
That would be a monumental waste of time, wouldn't it, Will?
WILL:
I think so.
LAMBEAU:
I happen to know so.
Lambeau rises and goes to the board.
LAMBEAU:
You're thinking too hard. What if I did this?
He draws a vertical line through the diagram.
LAMBEAU:
Now, what if I do this?
He draws a horizontal line through the diagram. He hands Will the chalk.
LAMBEAU:
Have you ever played checkers?
Will realizes what Lambeau is getting at. In a flash he starts drawing lines through the diagram, energized.
WILL:
You color-code it. Half-red, half- black. If that's an integer-- Lambeau steps in, writing with him [Will].
