Honestly? [How does he explain this?] He embraced the natural violence of his bloodline. Highbloods are violent, powerful beings, and so his use of soporifics to dampen it prior had been unnatural.

...ah, uh... apologies. Getting technical. He was always mad deep down. He just finally embraced it.

And excellent! I am more than willing to find new sparring partners. [And he could tell quickly that he might want to pull punches with this one.]