While he wouldn't exactly be surprised to hear that Irahl isn't usually the encouraging sort, he's caught a couple of compliments from the guy before, here and there. As always, everything in him is primed to disregard them and deflect somewhere else.

But because of his good mood and his many drinks and the aforementioned achievement of the impossible today, Irahl does get him to entertain the idea for many seconds longer than he usually does. And when he finally deflects, it almost carries a hint of disappointment with it.

"Nah, don't gas me up like that. Might start to think m'good at somethin'."