Los Angeles.
St. Bonaventure Hospital of San Jose.
Hospital room.
"Sheldon!"
The moment Leonard heard Sheldon say something so excessive, he snapped at him.
"What?"
Sheldon looked utterly innocent. "Was I wrong?"
"You weren't wrong."
James, the person in question, smiled. "I knew you'd understand me."
"I just think what you did was very wise."
Sheldon said bluntly, "I don't understand you. I've always been first. I've never experienced what it feels like to be second..."
"Is that so?"
Seeing Sheldon get increasingly outrageous, Adam cut in at just the right moment, smiling faintly. "Sheldon, you've always been first? Not once have you experienced the feeling of being second?"
"..."
Sheldon stiffened his neck, his expression freezing as he finally remembered Adam was right beside him. He shot Adam a conflicted look. "Curse you!"
"James, no one is first forever."
Seeing that Sheldon had stopped humblebragging, Adam smiled at James. "Even Sheldon is no exception. In fact, he's always been held down by us.
Ever since he was young, he's claimed to look down on stupid Earthlings.
Yet he's often been dealt blows by Earthlings like us..."
"That's in daily life."
James shook his head. "No one can challenge Dr. Cooper's accomplishments in Theoretical Physics."
"Don't be so absolute."
Leonard, remembering why Adam had asked him to come over, curled his lips into a smile. "Sheldon has an ultimate nemesis at Caltech: Dr. Leslie Winkle.
She may be an experimental physicist, the kind Sheldon looks down on most, but she's also extremely accomplished in Theoretical Physics. She often leaves Sheldon glaring furiously without any way to refute her..."
"She does not!"
Sheldon immediately objected, eyes wide. "She's just sharp-tongued, ruthless, and a bully. Experimental Physics?
Pfft. Instead of wasting time on that, she'd be better off going home, doing laundry,