Recent experiences in a tower cast a shadow over his explanation, which must be more abstract than he's describing it. He could give him some credit for at least trying to answer his question, but it doesn't balance the fact that he's been willfully manipulating time. Maybe he always could and it somehow never came up.

"A power you have?" Eleven might be ready to ask his own questions, but some things are hard to move past. He'll catch him up on this horrible place in a minute. "Was that the only time?"