While it's a relief to be reprieved from boot-cleaning duty, what follows isn't exactly an improvement. His voice needs training? There's another flicker of expression across his face, concern and bafflement, before he drops his head in a nod.

He hurries to the indicated drawer and surveys the fine collection of tools of sadistic torment inside. He's familiar with... pretty much everything in here, so he knows what he's doing when he selects a steel cable loop flogger from the drawer.

Returning to Heber, he goes against to his knees in front of him, and offers the flogger on uplifted hands.