They blink in surprise at his comments, look at each other, and laugh. "That certainly explains a lot." "We were worried you were just teasing us, or putting up a noble front for the others." "We know how to keep the difference between friendly disrespect, like we're giving now, and how to act in battle. Oh, sure, we might tease you a bit, even then, but we wouldn't have fetched such a price if we deliberately disobeyed." "Not to mention, we almost certainly wouldn't be around to be sold, if we were that dangerous. To our master, anyway." "That is an interesting idea, though. I don't much like the idea of not surviving when the riddle gets answered though." "We could make one that has no answer. Then we'd get to kill. Hmm... are they as attractive as us, where you come from?"