[He was thinking with his mouth, but then he realized what he was thinking and stopped that train of thought right there.]

[Now he'll just look uncomfortable. Because he likes compliments but they also weird him out.]

Right. Not a chance with your little self-sacrifice deathwish thing.

[Wing forgets: Deadlock used to lead battles. He hated all the fuel expenditure paperwork, but that didn't mean he didn't know how to calculate fuel usage.]