Honestly, I envy your time to actually sit down and get to work! Every time I've gone, "hm, yes, now I'll actually do something," a crisis has popped up, depriving me of any time to actually work.

[Although Alyosha's given him a research idea that he is looking into.]

Also I'd hardly call that cheating the system. You used the boons smartly, set yourself up, and now you have a steady work pace. That's what I would call good planning.

I have to ask though, what's your ventilation system like in here? I've come to realize that I can use my riding goggles to double as lab goggles, but some things are just tricky with the technology problems here.