If x has absolute obediance to y who has absolute obediance to z, then I 
think it follows that x has absolute obediance to z.

As a father of 5, I have to admit that I love my child who is the most 
obediant.  It is he that I would always choose to spend time with given a 
choice, and it is he that I most want to reward.  I am also quickest to 
forgive him, and quickest to give the benefit of the doubt.

I don't fear my children, yet they fear me, and this seems the correct 
order.