One, then another... Blow after deliberate blow of the cane fell, each making her lurch at the sting of impact that billowed into hot pain. Each shocked a cry of pain from her, though only the first was an outright yelp.<br/><br/>When his hand touched her skin, her body jerked reflexively away before going still - like a skittish colt, she'd plainly been expecting the fall of the lash again, and like a colt she shivered a little as she stood there and endured the slow and knowing exploration os his hand. "Two sides of a coin, my lord? I f-find no pleasure in these lashes," Felicity dared, though she did not grow so bold as to lift her head, nor even turn it to look at him through the dark, fibrous curtain of her hair.