There was only so much of that either of them could take, and Daisy was the one that broke first, eyes wide and trained on Alex with their spectator entirely forgotten. She gave a violent jerk against her bonds and demanded, "STOP IT!" That already looked like enough for Alex to have to tolerate, as much as Daisy believed he would until his little body couldn't handle it anymore. She didn't want to let him come to that point, and she didn't want to know just how much they could 'increase the volume'. She screamed again, "STOP IT STOP IT!" until she was hoarse, because Alex wasn't going to be the one to do it.