"He's well trained. Quite obedient. I'm sure someone will take him off your hands. People need companions of all ages," Bond said blithely. "Honestly, Tony, when I trade in a car I don't worry about who's getting the old one," he said.

It would be so easy to kill this man right here and now and end all this, but that would leave them in the dark about those he had for sale, where they were kept. So Bond kept up the ruse.