Another grin, perhaps exaggerated by the liquor. "Networking an' all that, yeah? Guess I should start working on that. All I been doin' is inventing shit." He hadn't really felt up to trying to be social with more than his friends, what few there were, but if he intended to be an inventor who actually had an influence on, well, anything, then he should probably start on the networking aspect.

"Guess I should design some new business cards," he mused. "Captain Malachai, Inventor. Got a nice ring to it."