I choose this username on a whim because I love studying the mongols and Tamerlane (Timur the Lame) was a badass. He called the mother of the Ottomon Sultan at the time a whore. TO HIS FACE.
Granted, he's also responsible for the deaths of 17 million people, but time and place. @justforthelulz
Because he's a fucking kid and that's what kids do to their friends on the playground to look cool. It's just an exploration of that dynamic that kids at that age have at the time @Tug70074
He lied because that's what kids do. They get the idea pretty quick in their heads that if they make stuff up it will get them something. A friend's attention, money etc. Glad that the main kid still stuck with him though.