"I think they differ more than you credit them for, but it is early yet." He turned away from her, pacing idly again, though he stopped short as she suggested he take part in this little hunting expedition, turning to raise a brow at her.
"And what is it we will be hunting, Majesty?" Mikino was not so sheltered as some of his peers. He took a personal hand in the Justice he enacted, the latest of which had been locating and destroying the gancanagh which had terrorized Melisande and killed so many young women, human and fae alike. Even in his youth, though, he had sought out productive means of expending energy. Very little was done for sport on that front, and that made it a different thing altogether. He would as soon set the scene himself, but he gave Frederic credit for doing the same, finding situations in which he could shine as the most competent.
"I should like if you politely declined his invitation. It seems a dangerous endeavor, and I'd as soon not be given rule of this land so swiftly. Invite him to something you enjoy. See how well he fares out of his element. You need a man who knows how to lose, after all."