[Deuce may find it no big deal to be subjected to corporal punishment, but once the younger teenager is down on his knees and the ball is in his court, Cater hesitates.]

Er...

[OMG. Totes awkward!]

I'm really more a lover than a fighter, if you catch my drift.

[He doesn't want to just, like, take a swing at Deuce or anything! That's hardly fun. Maybe he can turn the narrative around, somehow. At least to something less violence.]

But we can work with that, right? They say punishments should befit the crime, but I don't think this one'll get the message without the right touch.

[Is Cater stalling? Maybe a little. If anyone can charm a painting, it's him, right? He's made friends with the ones back at NRC, after all.]