Miranda cringed at the word 'old', but she covered it up well enough as she continued to stir the tea. "I... would think so? I mean, of course I don't know him as well as you do, so you would be the better judge than I..." She stopped stirring the tea and temperature-tested it again. A small triumphant smile, and the older woman took a less cautionary sip. "I mean... he seems calmer to me, to be completely honest" Miranda, of course, wouldn't mention how he was still a little hot-headed with people outside his immediate circle.