[ He makes a low noise but waits until food has been dropped off before he says anything else. Because there's a lot he wants to - or maybe it's just a lot of feeling? Either way. ]

I've spent most of my life in service to one man - or the position the man was in, I really am not sure. There are points I've felt more like a... trained attack dog than a person, but it was always my role and it fit within that.

I can only imagine the hurt of trusting someone enough to choose to be with them and being treated like a... possession.

Reckless in response to that makes sense to me, and you're certainly intelligent enough to... be aware and compensate now.