He may not have needed to pay you, but you didn't need to help out either. It goes both ways. It sounds like it was special to me.
I imagine skill-based would be easiest to program. I definitely want a morality system in place, like KOTOR or Fallout. The original AI was in a little English language program that was only released in Japan. I've only ever heard of Sword Art Online. Is it good?
I do enjoy Chinese food. Or any Asian food, really. I wake up in the middle of the night with takoyaki cravings.