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Personally I think he just had more common sense to know when to be a boot licker.
Except he especifically said that if it was for the good of his people, he'd bow down to others. So it wasn't a selfish reason like to preserve himself, but it was for the well being of everyone. Which is different from his previous attitude.
Wow, I'm actually surprised the grandson of the chieftain knows how to be humble, and accept other's help. I thought he'd just be another egotistical character who thought he was the end all be all of the world. It's nice that a lot of these characters have more depth to them, and aren't two-dimensional.