Okay, so "respect" is the thing that Nepeta values over growth and maturity. He's gonna remember that and probably make some terrible assumptions later based on that alone!

"You knoww... respectin' wwhat I assume is your decision to fuckin' hate me, givven --" wait how much does Nepeta know... "Evverything." FLAWLESS SAVE. "An' clearly that's howw you feel about me, since you just vviolently dismissed me --"

Oh, and that reminds him, "Wwhich you should be doubly impressed by me ovver! I didn't call you out on your flirtation back there at all, wwhich is usually the first thing I wwould do, if I wwasn't undergoin' strenuous and frankly unappreciated efforts to better myself!"