action; ..."osft". that's an interesting-looking word.
[Yes, well. A Perfect Servant addresses everyone correctly. Would it have killed His Casualness to introduce himself properly from the beginning and save Sebastian this blight on his butler aesthetics? His tone is neither annoyed nor chastised, however, soft though it is:]
The latter, yes. If I am to address you less than as is proper I would at least be certain it's in accordance with your preferences. [And not just a case of "I don't care one way or another how you call me". Then Sebastian would insist on the more formal address.]
But as for as standing on formalities in our current predicament... well, so far many here seem to still carry on with quite a few pleasantries. "Good morning" and "you are welcome"?
[Equally meaningless politeness, no? Sebastian honestly doesn't see a difference between those and titles.]