He...

[There is a short pause. It would have been impossible without the resources of the Shomonkai, of course, but... there was no need to mention that.]

He's basically a prodigy. I've worked with him for a few years now - he comes up with things that no one would even dream of trying. I think the trick is to be so convinced of your own brilliance that you don't mind so much when things are 'impossible'.