Hitting along bone where there was less cushion made marks so much faster then in fleshier areas. It only increased the heat coming off of him and again Tao was struck with the idea of getting closer, not just brushing against the heat but wrapping himself in it. There were only a few ways to do something like that and most were very uncomfortable or fatal so he paused and laid a cool hand against his side. "More, what?" Riley knew the rules, he knew how this worked, that much was clear in his earlier reactions to being restrained. He walked around him towards the bed, letting his hand run over the mottled skin to his back as he looked it over. No longer bleeding, mostly closed wounds, and drying blood.