Various uninteresting things like ambassadorial assignments, and so on, recently, following a year or two of hiatus from the public eye. That hiatus followed a bit of a scandal over an college freshman nobleman--a good few years older than Alric--challenging the prince to a duel and winding up narrowly surviving second- and third-degree burns when it went too far. Since there had been faults on both sides, it wasn't deemed criminal on either side, but it's probably clear why he put that emphasis on containment.

Alric chuckles lightly at Dick's suggestion, though.

"...ah... yes, I suppose, something like that. ...for now, though, I imagine I ought to work on controlling the motion and the shape."

...rather than fireworks, or rather than dating? Maybe both.