On telling her that picking up new skills seems to come easy to her, Thing 1 responds:

"You think it's easy? All this perfection? I'll tell you what it takes to be perfect... It takes thought.  It takes concentration. It takes attempt number 1, followed by a frustration freak out. Then, more thinking. Some brooding. And then - finally - perfection. So yeah, if you think it comes easy - I want to know hard."