"Yes, Mother."

He decided to leave it at that. Lock pushed himself up when she got off of him. He dusted himself off as his tail twitched in irritation. It hadn't hurt when Lillith tugged on it, not really. Just annoyed him. Still, he wasn't out of the peat bog just yet.

"Anything else I can do to make it up to you?" Lock asked.

Lillith wasn't going to be satisfied with just a lecture. Might as well start sucking up.