"Most things don't, but I guess seeing me made him suddenly remember some stuff."

Which, to be fair, can be quite shocking to anyone.

"Oh, he was arrogant and bossy, but a lot of the time he really did know what he was talking about, you know? He never liked admitting that he cared, though, unless he could make it sound like it was only because it was out of self-interest."

So not terribly different from his reincarnation, in some ways.