These sorts of things can happen, identities can be switched, the emotional implications are something that he has not been trained to feel. His whole life has been about separating himself from these sorts of actions.
“Hypocrisy is the mother of all evil and racial prejudice is still her favourite child.”
“I can't tell you how many people would say to me as a teenager, 'Why don't you grow up and start thinking about getting a real job?'”