Elephant, indeed. It takes a great deal of patience that Gilgamesh frankly doesn't have to keep from lashing out, and there's a quick pull of tension on their bond to prove it, but it's just as quickly shoved aside. Proof in practice that he's willing to set matters aside for the betterment of his Master.

And at their core definition, Servants existed only to ensure the successes of their Masters. Gilgamesh may have been an elephant, but compared to this man, Hermione was all but irrelevant. Just a mouse trying to understand grander schemes beyond itself.

Even so. Even so, he tells his Master, too. He won't budge.

"Hermione may decide for herself what she wishes to do or not do. I will abide her."

That's all Gilgamesh says; otherwise, he remains still. The final choice rests with the woman he betrayed.