[ Absolutely only a little. It's not like he's spent the past several few years having only relative idiots to talk to or something. Idiots he loves dearly, mind, but. ]

You weren't in enough denial to have any of that extra energy to work off through your swordplay, maybe. Such was your downfall.

[ An amused huff, here. Old navy stereotypes are forever and everywhere, so it seems, even if they're just mostly an old joke now. Military's all about tradition, still. ]

No gravity lances, but I bet our ships were bigger. [ A tip of his head. ] Infinity-class supercarrier, almost a full six klicks from bow to stern. Crew of almost twenty thousand.