His gaze takes on a sympathetic cast as she explains. He has been fortunate to not run into any of that kind of political manoeuvring so far (maybe he should thank Menel's quick wits and skill with negotiation for that) but with how tricky it is already to manage his fiefdom, Torch Port, he can see how quickly a situation might spiral out of someone's hands.

"Well..." He looks faintly embarrassed now. "It isn't as literal as that for me. I'm just really, really strong." A pause. He drops his eyes to his feet. "I went berserk once and slew an entire army of demons on my own because a friend of mine nearly died."

He's not proud of that moment.