At the first tug of his tail, Lock decided that yes, actually, he [i]did[/i] mind, and tried to squirm out from under her. He pitifully clawed at the ground as he tried to knock her off of him, to no avail. Lillith had perfectly shifted her weight to prevent just that. His legs flailed on either side of her in desperate attempts to push himself free.

Lock finally gave up his struggle as a lost cause after a moment. He braced one elbow against the floor and propped his head in his hand. He then drummed his fingers and winced as she tugged his tail again.

"All right, point made," he said.

He sighed.

"Of course, you had to give me this lesson the [i]one[/i] week I managed to get Shock to behave for longer than five minutes..."