Alric paused a moment at that, glancing off slightly as he contemplated briefly before answering in a deliberate tone as though choosing his words carefully.

"I suppose the best I can explain it is... that, at home, I am expected to be a leader. It's something for which I've been raised and educated, and have, until now, lacked only hands-on experience."

He smiled a touch ironically. He's outwardly at peace with the matter, although how much of that is practiced self-control is of course hard to gauge without at least an empath on hand.

"And one of my first ventures in leadership, here, resulted in my colleague being rather terribly out of sorts. It would be a disservice on my part to deny you responsibility for your actions, of course, but it was... not the sort of effect a worthy leader ought to have. That was a failure on my part, as well. And having lived with a... temper, and a natural talent for causing harm, I know all too well the..."

He trails off a moment, changing tack slightly; he doesn't need to use particularly evocative language with Tiamaris, after all.

"...that is... how very unpleasant it can be for one's control to slip. Whatever you may have done, I'm confident you suffered more from it than I did, and by all rights I should have handled it better."