HARD. When you are young, like to lift weights and are full of spunk, you take chances. Vitya has never been spanked but he eagerly puts his ass on the line to test the strength he feels he has. The Master spanks him over his knee for a short time but realizes that Vitya actually has a certain tolerance for pain. The Master tries the belt, the tawse and the strap. While Vitya expresses how much the increasingly hard strokes are hurting him, he stays solid as a rock through the steady, painful attack.