[ The fact of the matter is that Gilgamesh is, in his own unusual way, somewhat respectful. For instance, he listens attentively to Neria's words -- more attentively than he would listen to some other stranger, a new interlocutor, a commoner.

he shall hear her out. she has earned that. and so he listens. motives -- yes, the King has an interest in those. humans, or those who are human-like, they certainly do have intriguing and often complex and contradictory rationale for their own actions.

indeed, the first part of Neria's motives -- to win the Holy Grail; ah, yes, that is to be expected, and it is nothing so interesting. but then, what she says, that she desires power... it is a deeper, darker turn, one which even Gilgamesh had perhaps not fully expected. his eyes do faintly shine with intrigue, more at the tone of her words than the as-yet-undisclosed intentions behind her goals. ]

Oh? And why? Why do you want that, hm, magus? [ -- even he refrains from insulting epithets; after all, she may in fact be his Master here. that fact remains undecided. ] Could it be vengeance? Or do you simply yearn to become a king, one such as I was by birth?