No master suffers fools gladly, they seek the intelligent and inquisitive apprentice with an instinct for the self sacrifice it takes to become the next master.
The master was as all the masters ever were - focused, demanding and with high attention to detail. There was kindness there though, a recognition of the talent of the apprentice, yet always there was the demand for maximum effort and devotion to the art.
The master knew the main task of all the masters was to teach the apprentice until they achieved mastery at a new level - for this is how the art progresses and the masters are all servants of the art, servants of humanity.
The master had a way of seeing the truth, as if masters learn a different standard of vision to the rest of humanity, as if their eyes become able to view the soul.