User blog comment:LoveWaffle/We Didn't See It Coming - Iron Man 3 and the Future of the MCU/@comment-5977347-20130513205536/@comment-5977347-20130514021242

1) Yes it matters! it was just a movie plot point that was contrived

2) How do you know? we ARE NEVER given further exposition. So many fans could infer whatever they wanted and it wouldn't have made it less true.