At the start I didn't have a choice, even though I sure as heck didn't want to serve him. But... well, since I found out that I'm his exemplar, you can say that convincing him to change his ways was a big part of it. And he stuck with me through some tough things, so I suppose I thought it was possible that he was better than his past.

[He's never quite had to ...think out that chain of events that led to where he is now. But that sounds about right.]