Even Khan couldn't predict that the emotional impact of that discovery would be so heavy.
Realistically, Khan had matured way past who he had been in the past, getting used to enduring all kinds of tragedies and losses. The discovery shouldn't have been able to make a single dent in the armor around his heart, but his mindset regressed, reminding him of how arduous and long that journey had been.
Khan had almost forgotten the first weeks and months after the Second Impact, when he was just a clueless kid afflicted by a curse he didn't understand.
Countless memories had buried the confusion, desperation, and hopelessness of that period, but those feelings had survived inside Khan's brain, transforming with him. Still, he couldn't help but reexperience them through a child-like, innocent perspective now, making him fail to control his reaction.
