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Yeah, unless we find a facility with better positions or resources.

I like the kid, but let's see what this Stark guy is like. We won't be working for Hiro.

you've decided against keeping your current job then? There might not be anything to dissect.

Herm. Gonna be serious with you here.

I like the idea of the Herpetology job. Don't get me wrong. If this was thirteen years ago, before Trespasser, that might be fun. It might even be satisfying. Now, it's a serious downgrade from Kaiju study (I mean, let's be real...carbon-based lifeforms are so passe after you've done silicon for most of the past decade, and nothing beats ALIENS) and let's be real, what are we going to gain from me studying rare frogs? A cure to cancer? Maybe. I could do that. Or someone could do that. Someone NOT me. I could do a lot more somewhere else. Not going to say it's beneath me, but yeah.

It's beneath me.

Herpetology is the sit-in-the-corner-and-be-quiet job and you know that's not me. It will NEVER be me as much as you'd like it to be me. I WILL do a lot more somewhere else, even if I have to MAKE my own opportunities--which, let's be honest, I am not a stranger to and am pretty damn good at. So, yeah, I'm keeping the options open. If he's more robots and math, maybe there's not really any place for me in Stark's lab, and then I've got the Herpetology thing to fall back on for income while I FIND what I am going to do. But I'm not going to get trapped into that position--I'm certainly not going to sit on my ass and do nothing while you're out there dicking around with portals.

There's no need to get defensive, Newton. I've been dreaming of a day I don't have to worry about slipping on Kaiju blood and ammonia for years. Hiro mentioned a biologist worked there, so I imagine between your six degrees, you'll manage to find something worthwhile to pursue.

Wow, that's the BEST your brain can do for dreams?

Even if I went into Herpetology, there's no Kaiju blood to slip on there anyway. [Excluding Newt's own.] Plus! We wouldn't even be sharing a lab: you'd be in Starktech and I'd be wherever Herpetologists go. You'd probably get a nice neat lab with Qubit and Hiro.

And yeah, I can get any job. It's just a matter of finding a job worth getting. You're assuming the biologist at Stark's is actually doing something useful and not just cutting up frogs there, too.

I've fantasized about sealing you into one of your specimen tanks if that's more acceptable.

However, Starktech appears to hire bright minds, so I imagine there's something worthwhile there. If not, we'll look into other options.

Edited 2015-08-07 11:22 (UTC)