[ He's certainly familiar with making people stare...but people listen to him? He's never really thought about it those terms before - or, you know, ever made a conscious effort to draw attention to himself in that way. He can only assume Minato is being complimentary, even if...nah, that can't be right. He's the farthest someone can be from kingly! ]

Heh, you think so? Maybe I oughta give my buddy some pointers. [ But this is an awful lot of talking about himself, and he can't have that, so...time to redirect! ] What about you? You kinda seem like a...royal adviser type. Oh — or a court wizard, maybe?

[ Please be a wizard. ]