Ah, thank you! It's something I really like to play with -- purely submissive is a hard headspace for me to comprehend, whereas this kind of give-and-take makes more sense to me (and also seems to be less common in a lot of fandom, more's the pity).
And I can totally see that, yeah, Bergan being the one who personally looked after Vayne's well-being -- he definitely has the devotion required for the role (as unpleasant as it is to run into that on the player's side of the game). ...Mmm, courtly love Archadian style. ^_^