Newt's excessively informal manner bothers him sometimes, but the thing about Baelheit is that as long as the work gets done, as long as Newt is on task and is doing his research and furthering Mintaka's interests, he doesn't care much about Newt as a person. He doesn't care much about Newt as a person period, although Baelheit finds it hard not to notice how...peculiar he is. He knows Miriel has taken notice as well.

"It's regarding your participation in our Cybernetics Division. Your work has been...quite fruitful already, I must say." It's a glowing compliment as far as Baelheit's commentary goes, really, and the way he's folding his hands on the desk in front of him and looking back at Newt with a slight tilt of his head would basically count as a grin from anyone else. He's just so intensely serious all of the time. "You have certainly lived up to your reputation, Dr. Geiszler, Mintaka Industries is not in the habit of wasting any potential, and we like to make full use of our assets here. In that vein, I'd like to offer you the opportunity to be fully involved in Mintaka's cybernetics research."

There's just the slightest hint of a smile on his face, and even though it looks strange on him. He places his hands flat on the desk, pausing momentarily, and then reaches for a datapad.

"The offer is yours to accept or reject, Dr. Geiszler, and before you give your answer I would like to inform you that what follows is highly confidential research. It is our cutting edge, right now. It belongs first and foremost to Mintaka Industries, but I feel that it would be a loss to us all not to invite a scientist with practical and theoretical strengths as particular and unique as yours onto the project. Only myself and Dr. Frost are privy to the entirety of the project; you would be working especially closely with the both of us."