Oh, I don't think any of us were intending to steal the spotlight, it's just too easy to get carried away when you're acting out a role. :D And it's easy for the Lead to forget that they're supposed to be controlling the spotlight when they're too focused on acting out their PC - there's a lot of "default" RPG-behaviour to overcome from all those other games. ;)
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Those are both excellent options! I'll add them to my growing list of play aids. :)
We ended up ret-conning the conversation - rewinding it to a point where it made sense to make the roll to see if the Dr. would give up a Bonus, or ask for an additional Cost (the result was a solid 6, so the PC ended up making promises that he couldn't keep in the end, so now he's got an additional Trouble for the next session).