Still. Let me help you out after this.

[he knows it's surprising. no one ever thought of him as someone who was smart, who would read or know chemistry. it's fine. he acted like he didn't give a shit anyway.]

Yeah, well... I'm good at picking up on shit. It took a lot of tries but eventually I was able to put the formula together.

[he turns it over in his hand.]

Crane knew I could do it.