"I'd be offended, but truer words and all that," he said, laughing softly to himself. "Curried favor indeed." Old habits did die hard, which was exactly why despite his position in the whole of his household, he still felt rather uneasy about it. Being constantly charming and endearing took a great deal of effort and sometimes he just wanted to be able to properly shut the voices out and just take a rest. Which, really was what the morning had been for.
"I think it's more me giving my master a run for his money. Who knew a Spartan ever knew what it was to properly play some or even really smile." For a given value of Carrick ever really smiling, but Hermes would take the occasional soft pull of it at the corner of his mouth as a sign of more pleasure and pride than the vampire showed anyone save his wolf. "Whose household are you in now, if you don't mind my asking?"