You don't know how much time has passed. And you don't really care anymore, as long as your master returns. It seems that he has become just the tiniest bit more sympathetic to your situation, even if that doesn't mean much. Until one day, he sent in a new person, to replace you? to entertain you? it didn't matter, so long as you had more to do during the long periods he was away. smirking devilishly, you started training her.