Not always, but... sometimes. Hazards of time travel.
[ he does this, when he's intending on retconning people. because he knows (or assumes, in caroline's case) that they won't remember anything he tells them. it's a rare moment of freedom for him to say whatever's on his mind and state the truth instead of a version of it that he paints for the sake of those around him. whether that's pretending to be an american expat in wales or claiming to bear a striking resemblance to a great grandparent when presented with a picture of himself from the early 1900s. ]
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[ he does this, when he's intending on retconning people. because he knows (or assumes, in caroline's case) that they won't remember anything he tells them. it's a rare moment of freedom for him to say whatever's on his mind and state the truth instead of a version of it that he paints for the sake of those around him. whether that's pretending to be an american expat in wales or claiming to bear a striking resemblance to a great grandparent when presented with a picture of himself from the early 1900s. ]