[He scratched his head with a free hand, accidentally knocking aside a few paper flowers and cranes with the motion.]

'Course it'd be something like that... we can start there.

[It was, after all, the best place to begin.]

So he told you 'bout what he can do, and probably mentioned the project his dad was involved in nineteen years before we got to this place...

Did you ever consider that maybe giving someone the power to destroy matter was just one part of the project?