Re: AtD translation: that’s a whole range of luxury items right there

[Joseph Tracy]

The "But … “ paragraph  is Yashmeen taliking as far as I can tell.( there is a paragraph change coming after Kit speaks and  before "But… " and another following in which is Kit speaking again).   She is respoding to his version of himself as”pretty practical” and that his focus on Vectors did not allow much luxury including sexual indulgence. In other words, Yashmeen wonders if he, like her, was distracted despite his mathematical devotion,  there always being something or someone to distract. It sounds like Yashmeen is disclosing her own extra-curricular distractions and fishing for sexual interest and Kit is very interested but wary. 

> On Jan 23, 2022, at 12:51 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> P668.18-22   “No money in Vectors,” he blurted, “that’s a whole range of
> luxury items right there. Abstinence takes care of itself, pretty much.”
>       “But there was no end to the distraction. Did you expect quite so
> much? I didn’t. There always seemed to be something.” She glanced his way,
> experimentally. “Someone.”
> 
> What is Kit talking about in this sentence?
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