The bit of confidence was refreshing as he didn't really want someone mindless who was going to cower at the force of his personality. No, it was far better to feel the push and pull of submission as well as feeling that Caden really did want this. His lips quirked a bit at the statement but it wasn't going to save Caden. For<span class="fixed-color" style="color:inherit">now</span>he would let the boy set what he felt he needed punishment for, it was really a form of getting things off his chest and in some part of Charles's<span class="fixed-color" style="color:inherit">mind</span>he felt like it was done more for the sub's benefit but also gave him an excuse to suffer so beautifully.<br/><br/>His hand moved skillfully to grip the flogger as he got up as arched it beautifully through the air. The first was really a warning sound as he had actually smacked it along his hand to generate the nice sounds it could make even if it was leather on leather. "Let's begin then, you have your safewords." He reminded smoothly as he moved to get up in<span class="fixed-color" style="color:inherit">fully</span>and swung the tool down to give the more barest of taps. There was an element of psychology here and keeping a sub guessing and on their toes would just allow the anticipation to build further. Even so, the nice reddened target proved to be a bit too much of a temptation and Charles found himself starting to work in a random pattern of smacks with the crops against his rear and thighs.<br/><br/>The tool was sharp and quick not delivering much thud of surface area but able to be very precise in application especially for someone who knew what they were doing and there was no doubt that Charles did. He had the mark of a<span class="fixed-color" style="color:inherit">well trained</span>hand as he would ease in harder strokes in between a wave of more tolerable and almost gentle caresses with the leather against the heated flesh. He hadn't set a number and he didn't expect Caden to count but he wasn't going to stop the other if he wanted to. He never did have much interest in making subs thank him for punishment even if it was sometimes a gift for them. Understanding and trust had to be implicit.