He fed her the contents of a cup with a smile, he enjoyed her humiliation on so many levels. Though what he liked most, was that she was showing that she belonged to him now, depended on him, and she knew it. Her shy look away from him, her attempts not to look him in the eye. That might have been better than her looking at him at all, she knew it, and he loved that.<br/><br/>Giving her the last spoonful to eat, she might be expecting to be let down. Hoping for it, and he would. There was no real reason to keep her up there other than to torment her. And he wouldn't do that, without a good reason, yet. Casually walking back to that rock, he realised that she might become afraid of what might happen again, and he couldn't suppress his smile. Luckily, she wouldn't see it, and as he returned carrying nothing in his hands the smile would have faded already.<br/><br/>"Brace yourself Umbre, I'm going to take you down, and it might not go without some effort." As he said that, he started with the first of the many interlocked ropes. Quickly going by the lowest to the highest knots, he had her paws on the ground again in a matter of minutes. Her torso and head were released a short while after, and as he waited for her to get her bearings again he neatly put the rope back where it came from.<br/><br/>"Keep low, Umbre. Show me that you're not going to rebel on me now that I've let you down. As long as you show me that you respect me as your Trainer and obey my commands, you need not fear punishment." Adrian walked back to his camp, clapping a small chair open and sitting on it, waiting until Umbre followed him in.<br/><br/>"I have an order for you, something you must accomplish to the best of your abilities. This goes for any and all orders I issue to you, and you will learn quickly to discern orders from requests by listening to my voice. For now though, I want you to think of a way, to show me, that you submit to me." He gave her some time to think about this again, before adding a final comment. "Show me that you are serious about submitting, and we can become a great team. A Trainer and His pokemon." The way he said that, held a deeper meaning, though what he meant exactly was beyond her grasp, for now.