I'm not dodging it! I mean, I'm proud of other stuff. That one's just, uh, not a great defense. It hasn't exactly held a lot of water with anyone else.
[Everyone's just waiting for him to slip up, it feels like. Not having slipped up yet isn't something he's proud of partly because of that reason, but partly because it's a work-in-progress. He can't ever stop being vigilant about that sort of thing, which means he's not about to slow down and congratulate himself for it.]
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[Everyone's just waiting for him to slip up, it feels like. Not having slipped up yet isn't something he's proud of partly because of that reason, but partly because it's a work-in-progress. He can't ever stop being vigilant about that sort of thing, which means he's not about to slow down and congratulate himself for it.]