He's really not lying, in a way. It's just that his confidence lies in his strength of will and inherent worth more than anyone else--he's got less faith in things like his intelligence or experience or actual skill.

It feels a lot better than he expected to hear someone else having faith in him. Sure, he has Fai and Imogen, but... well, they're like him. Flighty and passionate and--and wonderful, but maybe a little too like him for their opinions of him to feel very neutral. And they're his friends, so of course they support him, right?

This boy, though, doesn't know anything about him but what he's seen him achieve, and he believes in him. It's... it's very new, and Feliks finds his smile softening, his hand reaching to fuss nervously with his hair a little.

"...Thanks, though. I'll totally try and keep it in mind!"