Finding out the cure for a deadly plague by manipulating a scholar into realizing it? Check. Figuring out the recipe for otherworldly foods from mere description? Check. Defeating his swordplay teacher enough to the point making him sulky? Check. Creating weapons from crystal for fun? Check. Deconstructed as this contributed to his detachment to people, and is also revealed to be the result of a genetic curse which would have caused him to either become a Blood Knight, a recluse, or worse.