No, Griff, he's just happy to see me.
If necessary, I would step up to the plate to assist that mightily thewed warrior in testing it out ...
(I always liked Frazetta's mighitly thewed warriors. Borises' all looked like him. Total turn-off)
One other thing ... point of technical fact, that's a carriage whip (long handle) not a bullwhip. I don't know that that type would be used for driving a chariot team .... might be as anachronistic as the thongs.