He pauses, considering. "I would say yes, but there are multiple reasons for each, so I'll say that there's overlap in them. Largely, though, it was caution in case certain people¹ from my own world arrived for whom my ability or name or either would cause conflict. I'm somewhat less concerned about that now²."

¹ i.e., nearly everyone.
² Pay no attention to the Sadmas behind the curtain, or the irony lever.