...oh, geez, I figured it out. It's the "come up with your own punishment" bit. Which taps into "you have done something Bad and Wrong and I am not going to tell you how to make up for it you need to figure out your own penance if you ever expect to be in my good graces again and I'm not going to give you any hints either you're just going to have to guess and heaven help you if you get it wrong because I'm completely prepared to sit here and watch you tear yourself to pieces without ever so much as throwing you a bone."

(I mean, I kinda doubt that's what you were going for, but in my head it's way too close for comfort.)