[ There's more he left out. No matter how much he explained, it would be at once too much and not enough. But what he's said seems to satisfy Rogue, at least. ]

It wasn't about improving relations. It was a show of force in response to their show of force. [ He falls quiet. ] Doesn't matter. It didn't work, anyway.

[ His brow furrows, and he gets the same feeling he got when they started talking about time travel. ]

No. I don't suppose you'd be willing to explain it to me.