Xander gently rubs the nose of the horse as Dove talks. So, she was kept under eyes herself. He understood why he was, but not her.

"Politically, yes." He said, thinking about his...well, previous life. "I was the one who was going to become king, so I was learning and acting on my own near the end of my life. Father was... well, hands off on certain things."

And then there was the war, but he wouldn't mention that for now.