If she was proud to be better than him at something, she was setting her standards exceedingly low. Missing nin were the opposite of good role models or mile-markers, and...that was without considering the other thing he was.

As made obvious by the fact that he missed the shelf she'd just been standing in front of. Ah.

He hesitated a moment. Was there...a reason that she let him choose first? "I don't think stumbling over someone is an excuse to cut in line."