"You're speaking of Feliks? The formidable young man who won our tournament last year."

Well. 'Won'.

"I have every confidence in his skills in self-defense, though, er..." Not so much his 'keeping his temper' skills. "...Well, I'm sure he can competently manage negotiation as well. Florian's vice appears to be vanity. He volunteered because he wanted to become part-Fairy, it seems."