Stories about a man's exploits can get exaggerated and misconstrued and overblown. [Cain, of course, speaks from the deepest wells of experience here. Not that he expects Eridan to fully understand it.]
Since you've never met him, you don't know the truth of it. Trust me on this one. [Cain starts to turn back to his meal, wanting to eat it before it goes cold, but it's only halfway appetizing at this point. Still, not one to let good food go to waste, he starts sawing the steak in half.]