She sighed. "If I ordered you to digest me, would you do it? If I ordered you to jump down a cliff, would you do it? If I told you to swallow everybody in this city, would you do it? You have to think about what is reasonable and what is not. Right now, it would be reasonable to stop talking me mistress, because I'm not in a position of being called like that, and because I'd rather have you as a friend than as a slave."