"Very hard at work" as in "working hard" or "erect at your place of employment" 🤔? Nice work in any case

The pubic hair creating a line toward the belly button on some of the drawing is a give away for the Mediterranean area. And the comic book recommendations do signal western Europe.

Yeah, I think it's a case where Cecil thinks he can control Mark through force and threats. Which is dumb. And I think he kind of know it's dumb. Mark is just too strong. But he just doesn't want to accept the method he used on everybody else doesn't work on him.