The Cucumber Lord follows, unimpressed, refusing to kneel. "You throw away your dignity for the slightest hint of protection. No wonder you have no ambition. Someone like you is born to be ruled by people like me." It's not an insult. Rather, he states it like a fact, while moving on behind you. "You're rude and snide, and yet once your life depends on it, you'll bend knee to me just as you did here. So little value do you put on your dignity."