"I'm cleverer than every human you've met." That was also dry, but in the way statements of fact were dry. In a universe where Earth had produced transcendent supergeniuses able to leapfrog centuries of technological development in a few years, Val was the smartest human ever to live, and moreover, she knew it.

"Not if it's just a list of relative concentrations of elements, but if you can give me the actual molecular structure? Biochem's not my strongest area, but yeah, I should be able to spot any toxins."