Subtly Brilliant

But to the room full of world leaders bombarding him with Astorphage breeding questions when he arrived at the Vat. Like he JUST got there and he's dizzy and sick and they were all shouting and muscle memory just kicked in, you gotta believe him, he wasn't even thinking.

They'd all be so shocked it would work though.

He'd have .001 second to panic, like did he really just do that, and then its either control or loose control of the room just like any middle school class.

He'd still have his hand up like "Okay. Who wants to go first."

And Eva would watch like three people actually, legitimately, raise their hands and wait to be called.

the amnesia. even if his old life comes back to him piece by piece, there are gaps, however temporary. personality waits on no one, it develops and fills the cracks and the person that went under isn't the person that woke up 11 years later anymore.

grace is still kind, curious and funny, he is still a great teacher, but even before he meets a Whole Ass Alien and almost dies on multiple occasions, there is already a branch-off in his life. the old memories can only fit so well on top, because there is now a fresh scab of fear and grief on his soul. he was hunted down and forced under. for 11 years things were done to his body and he was unable to do anything about it. he wakes up with earth's fate on his shoulders and he can't remember his name. It's unimportant, because he was meant to die from the start. there is a mission to complete.