Oh shit. "I didn't mean that!" He sighed, but he was grateful that Yuri hadn't yelled at him for that, it came out a lot worse than he intended. "I just meant..."

But it didn't really matter what he meant, did it? If he'd learned anything from having so much of his life abruptly in the spotlight, what he intended, how he'd wanted it to come out, wasn't important. All that mattered was what he actually said. "Sorry, it doesn't matter. I know everyone's going to care."

He also knew it was true that not everyone would hold it against him, but how to explain... "And I know not everyone will hate me as much as they hated my father but... I guess." He pauses. "If you got to pick between someone whose the son of that guy, and basically anyone else, what would you do?" He doesn't wait for Yuri to respond. "Basically everyone is going to think the same way. And it's not like I can blame them."