I follow orders only as long as they don't conflict with anything I'm doing. Usually that's acting in my own best interest, and swearing loyalty to someone I happen to agree with is a way of doing that; I understand that obeying most, if not all, orders given by someone I've promised loyalty to is probably the best way to ensure that I have protection and will be given something to do. It ensures my survival by placing it mostly in the hands of someone else; complicated, maybe, but it's worked rather well for me so far.

However, that doesn't mean that I completely ignore what I want to do, either. Simply because I choose to follow orders doesn't mean that I'm a complete blank slate. I look out for myself first and foremost, as I've said; sometimes, "looking out for myself" involves taking what I want by force.