"And lower. And I'm not ready for it."
Also, House Elves don't want to be free, or have wages, or vacation days. They would, however, appreciate not being abused as well as having access to health care.
It'd also potentially be interesting if they keep insulting Harry by shoving him off onto these minor functionaries of useless minorities (like say PGL) and it turns out that these minor functionaries tend to a) have good grasp of the things they should be doing (because if they didn't they'd get fired) and b) are also moderately to very competent in actually getting things done despite interference (because if they didn't they'd get fired). And appreciate that there's at least this one wizard that's actually and honestly treating them decent and isn't trying to blowhard his way to a more useful or competent functionary (read; connected/powerful).
Also, House Elves don't want to be free, or have wages, or vacation days. They would, however, appreciate not being abused as well as having access to health care.
It'd also potentially be interesting if they keep insulting Harry by shoving him off onto these minor functionaries of useless minorities (like say PGL) and it turns out that these minor functionaries tend to a) have good grasp of the things they should be doing (because if they didn't they'd get fired) and b) are also moderately to very competent in actually getting things done despite interference (because if they didn't they'd get fired). And appreciate that there's at least this one wizard that's actually and honestly treating them decent and isn't trying to blowhard his way to a more useful or competent functionary (read; connected/powerful).