The man did not know how to take compliments and never had.

"...Sometimes it really is the little extra things you do. I almost always prefer freshly ground beans, for instance."

There were some things, even with magic, that needed to be done by hand. To be proper. He preferred to sew by hand even if he could create a whole new suit with a flick of the wrist. Cooking was better when done the old fashioned way.

The effort made it satisfying even if you, like the Dark One, did not actually need such things to survive.