"Only if that's something you want to do," he answers, still chuckling a bit too. He does mean that - it might be fun, just as a way to tell he's got her hot and bothered, but it's not something he'd want her to so for his sake.

And this kind of torture is definitely not something he had some initial intention of doing, it's just something he's developed with her over time, just from learning how she responds to things, and wanting to make it as good as possible for her. He just wants to hear her take on it.