That is different. They were enemies. We have peace with the Vanir. And I have learned better than that, now, even if you do not believe it. Even an Aesir can change, can he not?

[There is still something little-boy-ish in his reply, there, defensive and unhappy. He's hurt that he's being questioned like this; he knows his past is not particularly honorable at times, but he's trying so hard to rise above it and move on, dammit!]