xDDDD, well, since I asked nicely, are you getting arrogant now?

Marik would shrug in reply to that, and point out that this is different to the Rod - with the Rod, Marik would be obeying without thinking. This way, he knows what Bakura would or could ask, and still chooses to obey - so he's actually being more submissive like this than he would be if he was being controlled by the Rod.