"Being overtly gratuitous about it can make it rather cringe-worthy," he mentioned lightly. "Or just hilarious."

Up until that point, he had been enjoying the feel of the squirming mech, hoping perhaps that he might be able to tease the minibot's spark plates open.

But at the cry, he freezes, lifting his helm away, grip on Cliffjumper's wriggling frame slacking almost immediately. He's too practiced to not stop - they didn't exactly specify a safeword before all this..

"...Are you alright?"