Ah-ha! All of this happened in the distant past to a metaphorical zucchini! All is now clear.

Amos, I never realized that you were a mohel! Unless...perhaps...and I checked the ritual to be certain of this...you could be Little Hawk's father!!! (Alternately, you might be his mother but I don't think that's likely.)

Yes, that's it. The Truth was out there and I found it.

Amos is Little Hawk's father.

It explains a lot, doesn't it?