Exit Fate: Meiko's Interviews

Wilona

Meiko: Today I am speaking to our resident statistician, Wilona. Thank you for sparing some time for us.

Wilona: Yes, I have reserved 31 minutes and 18 seconds for this interview.

Meiko: You certainly like numbers. Where did this all start? What sparked your interest in statistics?

Wilona: That would be 26 years, 12 days and 7 hours ago, when I was a young child. I was at a market, waiting while my mother was speaking to a friend. It took so long, I started counting the rice in a bag she had just bought.

Meiko: You counted all the rice?

Wilona: Yes, there were 35,230 grains in total. After that, I started counting everything around me, and suddenly the most wonderful patterns jumped out. Once you begin seeing the world in numbers, it becomes obvious that everything is related to everything else. For example, this is the 106th word I've said to you so far in this interview, out of the 4312 I say on an average day. If we're now halfway through the interview, that means that it amounts to 4.9% of my daily speech. If we had this conversation every day over the span of a year, then I would have said a total of 77,380 words to you.

Meiko: I see. That's... very interesting.

Wilona: If you're interested, please come see me some time. There are so many other amazing things I could tell you about.