C1480 Self-deprecation

It was himself again. Why did everyone think she was humiliating herself?

"Don't tell me I took your money and used myself as your pet? Isn't that humiliating me?" Like a canary in a gold cage, not to worry about anything, like a machine to live like this is not self-deprecating?

Her deep eyes were as sharp as an eagle's as they locked onto her slightly pale face