At the sound of Maribelle's offer of an explanation, the Laplace Lacerater gave a solid iron thumbs-up and took a relaxed stride over towards the bed. Hopefully assuaging any fears of non-relaxing solutions! Well, at least the two girls are safe. Alice may protest otherwise, but her butt'll fix itself! Aura-of-intensity aside, Claire seemed to be content based on that fact.  As for the reasoning behind the awkward situation...<br/><br/>Claire had the option of keeping his helmet on and grunting, nodding awkwardly or shaking his head and causing uncomfortable rings as the price for saying [No, I believe whatever you're doing is legitimate as I trust that she has offended you in some way.] Cuddles opted for the fourth option which was taking it off! After tossing his headgear on the floor, the knight sat next to Maribelle and looked at her quietly with quizzical expression on his face. Legitimacy aside, he was genuinely curious.<br/><br/>"Let's hear it anyway. Talk while you spank."<br/><br/>Briefly, the knight wondered if he was giving Maribelle too much credit because of her distracting and flawless beauty. But that's probably what drove Alice to earn said strikes on herself. He did spank her himself earlier that day!