You've already seen an example of it - the doc can get focused on something interesting to the point he ignores everything else. Uno had to add that automatic shutdown of the strange-angles-eldritch-gravity-thingy after all. There's no need to mention megalomania or a lack of empathy, though they're expressions of the same tendency when you get right down to it.
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows