The sting ( minus the impact) was chosen as a reward for the good things she has been doing. Don't get me wrong, as she was warned if she came back having told be mistruths again, it would be straight to a cold-caning. I did not mince a lot of words during this, as I wanted the rapid-fire sting, to do the talking for me. Sometimes spankings (as with this one) was meant to be a constant reminder of what is in store for her, should she not walk the line. I have instructed her to do. She know that, by now. As this spanking was a reward, just because of the lack of impact, it shows the fairness a disciplinarian must show, to be an actual disciplinarian. Not a reward of a piece of candy, but that of a more lenient spanking...Although painful in its own special way. This what continues to make our relationship special.