“I wasn’t studying with her, she just gave me the dictionary,” he says. The distinction is important because Hamel is an adult and he doesn’t need a twelve year old to give him pointers (he totally needed it)!

He makes a face at the last part of the sentence.

“I uh. Still need to work on that part actually.” At level two, his speed and control leave much to be desired. “So you guys on the ground would have to help me. I’m covering you from above, you from below. Teamwork and all that.”