Reading Miles again - ah, youth, edition

My friend who started reading Miles at the end of last year and I were talking about one of Miles' disasters. 

"Aral would have done it better," my friend said. 

Well, of course.  Aral at 44+ would have done it much differently.  Heck, Miles at 44 would have done it differently (and I hope to someday read the book about it).  But Miles is not Aral, and he's in his twenties, and he takes after his mother, really.  So it makes sense.

Oh, Miles.