"That's a complicated question." He's honest about that, at least, he's not weighing how to disguise the truth, just how to say it in a way that's going to make sense with the limited knowledge a child has. "But in a way, yes."

He both forced it, and was the victim of it. Lesson learned, either way: don't put big holes in things, it shaves off entire centuries. "Chances are pretty good it'll never be an issue. You've got a whole army of brothers out there, by the way I hear it, and they'll all be ready to tear a new one into anyone who tries."