Well, let's also bear in mind that by this time he's several decades older (and, one would hope, wiser) than he was in DW5. Without looking it up, I think at that time he noted he hadn't aged in the last ten years. Now it's been seventy-plus years. It'd be surprising and disappointing if he hasn't picked up a bit more perspective in all that time.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.