Hannibal chuckled at her words. "I am past the point of bowing to those beneath us." He began before pausing a moment. "Ah, but I have treated you as an equal." He pointed out.

Her tightening of the belt and the last statement brought a light of delight to his eyes. "If it is a game of service you desire I am willing...as long as you are willing to accept my actions rather than words." He said.

He did love her and he was willing to give her control. However, he did not dare risk saying so out loud in the middle of a war camp. He might have said such words were they in the privacy of the Dreadfort.