Was he going to fail Will for stuttering? He really wanted to. But Tuck had made a salient point that there had to be a carrot in there somewhere, it couldn't all just be stick.
"Good boy," he said, removing his hand from Will's neck and placing it on his head. "Stay there."
He moved back to sit at the table, kicking his legs up to rest on top of it. So very near the food he wasn't yet letting Will have. "Why are we making you repeat this, William?"