[Doc looks up with a smile at the sound of that voice, as he always does. In the midst of all this nonsense, it's very welcome to see a friendly face.

But not so much when the friendly face is trying not to laugh at you.]

You remember my short-lived employment? I had to do something with the urge to invent that I wasn't using at night.

I live in hope that a new employer will be suitably impressed by the impracticality. [He smirks back.]