[sort of very briefly. Shiroe smirks, turning away from the window and leaning his shoulders against it. It's like his entire goal is to tempt fate, oops...]

I'm an elite. [here he goes] Studied and trained in advanced engineering, and longer than "briefly." I could program one of those ships in my sleep.

[Which is the ridiculously confident way of saying he's an honor student, but hey, who's counting.]