"Because I'm so good looking," I say, following his instruction in spite of the quip. That's the trick, see; if you're gonna run at the mouth as much as I do, you've still got to be able to pay attention to what's going on around you. My balance has leveled out entirely, now, my free leg held slightly in front of me, but it's like what I said before, about being a quick study. Strange as it is to be studying this, that doesn't change the fact that I'm an academic at heart; I don't need a lot of repetition to get something under my belt.

"Gotcha."