Proving that he was already trained, at least, a bit. Russ approved, plating the steaks. He handed them off to Noctis and pulled the potatoes out of the convection oven. "I thought for a moment, he might be right. I bought you because you obviously have a mind of your own. I didn't want someone who would just agree with me all the time." That would be utterly boring. "I knew slaves like that when I was young, in my parents' house. They were broken and seemed to have no will of their own. All of our slaves were human. And... I thought you were interesting." Not to mention attractive.