"I'm not quite sure what that rank is in your Star Fleet but based on your pride I shall congratulate you! For it must be an extraordinary accomplishment!" Iskandar might not understand it all but he could read between the lines. Enough to understand where the pride was coming from and how this was likely a very impressive thing to do. Which really just made the young man more attractive to him.

Ah but Jim was noting something.

"Mm. I am not sure about that sort of thing honestly. I do know that the books also say I was much shorter than I am. I imagine they were also unaware of how tall Darius actually was too. In truth I think they wished me to look like a pretty boy for that would somehow make my charm more impressive. Or endearing. There is a fondness for golden hair to display innocence though."

He considered that carefully a moment or so then gave a shrug. "Humanity enjoys filling in the blanks as they wish and then present it as fact. Then no one questions it further! This is what I have learned. It is the mentality of masses."