Prince Taran can be tactical when the situation calls for it.
Taran-ouji -
tactical??
Political, I can understand. His little demonstration to the Ave majordomo, and his buttering up Surya, certainly shows he understands palace politics.
But
tactical? An angry rhinoceros is more tactical than he is. Also has more brains. He played
right into
Suzokon-kyō's paws and may well have hosed everyone. Because his idea of dealing with a problem is "Taran solves his problems with a lightning-bolt, and he never has the same problem twice!"
Too bad it didn't work out so well this time. Bout the only thing I give him credit for is that he
didn't actually try blasting his "sister," but tried whacking her with his tail instead. That's at least a slight improvement, but it was ultimately irrelevant.