[ Wash is usually pretty bad at taking genuine compliments like that, but in a weird way Miles being ridiculously drunk makes it easier. It means he isn't really taking them to heart that much, maybe, but he still does appreciate it. ]

I'm just cheating. All you have to do is get a functionally eidetic memory and then read a few books. [ He has read a lot of things, gigantic fucking nerd that he is. ] Why shouldn't we compare ourselves?