I'm a well read grad student who's bluntly honest about all things, although I try to be most honest about myself.
"Begging the fleet captain's pardon, perhaps you don't have much experience with ancillary-crewed ships. It's not exactly the same, sir, but it's very similar."
"Beg to inform the captain," I said, making my voice cold and ironic, "that my entire service record is not available to her. I am quite well acquainted with ancillaries."
Bwahaha. Someone trying to school Breq on ancillaries? That's amazingly hilarious.