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"That two-headed kaiju counts as two so you were wrong, Hermann."
"It does not count as two!”
"It so does. Even Tendo agreed. He gave it two names.”
"And what ridiculous names those were.”
"Yeah, okay, you’re right about that. Still can’t believe he named them Gmtatloi & Nfrdthnuednejcaaerukdmwmsay."
"…"
"What is it?"
"I think there’s a code in those na—"
“What? Come ON, Hermann.”
Hermann ignores him and writes the names on the chalkboard. “Exactly 36 characters, not counting the spaces…”
He proceeds to rearrange the letters in a square like so:
G M T A T L
O I & N F R
D T H N U E
D N E J C A
A E R U K D
M W M S A Y
"Now," he continues, "if we read it from top-to-bottom, left-to-right…"
GODDAMMIT NEWT & HERMANN JUST FUCK ALREADY
"…"
"…"
"I can’t believe it."
"Er, it is rathe—"
"Tendo is a math nerd too! UGH.”
"Newton!"
"Whaaat?"
"Er…" Hermann awkwards around; yes, it’s a verb with him.
Newt steps closer to him, placing his hands on the other scientist’s hips. “Hey, Hermann~”
"Y-yes, Newton?"
"Wanna cosplay a two-headed kaiju with me, if you know what I mean?"