He certainly knows how to big up someone's ego.

Newt runs a hand through his gelled hair and considers Baelheit as he continues to talk, making mental notes of how carefully he's skirting around actually saying anything about the research they'd be doing. Only that it would involve working closely with him and Frost, who was sort of a stick-in-the-mud.

"Not to be, uh, disrespectful, or whatever, but I don't really like working on stuff unless it really interests me? How d'you know I won't get bored? What're we talking?"