You decide to give him the benefit of the doubt. However, you do stay the night to make sure he actually gets something to eat in the morning. When he wakes up, and immediately shovels down the food you prepared, you take the opportunity to speak with him. "Mr. Newton, I'm not going to ask why..." You vaguely gesture at the coffee robots. "all this keeps happening, but I'd like to point out that I'm not always going to be around to help you with whatever project you're raving about, so I think you should get a full-time assistant."
Diplomacy Check: 20: Required: 10.
20: Required: 20. Reduced difficulty by 50.
Speech: Persuasion: 100. Required: 0.
100. Required: 25.
100. Required: 50.
100. Required: 75.
160/310 to Level 22.
"Hm, you may have a point. I'll have a look for potential candidates." He agreed. "I appreciate the show of trust, however. I'll tell you the specifics some day."
Reward: +10 Karma. SL 1->3. +15 to Invention categories.
Necessity: 75. You can create top-of the line gadgets from garbage. Literal garbage. It's amazing what people throw away without thinking about it. Slight reduction in difficulty of Invention Checks.
Practicality: 75. When faced with a project you lack the materials, you can redraw the blueprints to create something better with other materials. Slight reduction in difficulty of Invention Checks.
Extravagance: 75. You can actually improve products with extra investment with great efficiency now. You may double a creation's specs for 1.5 times the cost, triple them for 5 times the cost, or quadruple them for 16 times the cost.