"You're a hard person to do a favor for, Korva Tallandria. I know, it seemed a little silly to me too, but your Security file didn't reveal literally anything else that you might want."
"Is there anything else that you do desire? If I offered you a para-baronetcy, would that genuinely cause you to feel like I'd done you a favor, that you desired, commensurate with asking you to put forth a little effort on something? I have my own reasons not to simply command it from you on threat of punishment, as would, of course, be by far the more Asmodean thing to do."