Better than anyone ever has or ever will.

[he says this with the easiest confidence in the world. it is simply truth.

and he straightens up afterward, stretching out his spine with a bit of perfect posture, shifting gears a little as if the next thought has just occurred to him.]

And maybe I haven't spoiled this part so quickly, as now we'll be thinking about how every word said about him will be giving him what he wants.