Tao licked at his lower lip and looked over at Riley. He was barely keeping it together. "Because death is too simple? Does such an insolent little pup deserve the easy way out?" He picked at the rest of the shirt. Getting as much of it removed as possible. Scraps at the wrists were negligible. "Still, I can understand the need to punish. He doesn't learn. You know where I keep the tools. Find what you want."
He raised his other hand to run fingers through the boy's hair and then fisted it there and pulled his head back. "We wouldn't want to destroy anything, vital. So face down." Tao turned towards the bed and pushed him forward.