Of course no bold deed (”OK you coward, if you try that again I promise I will cold cock you”) goes unpunished.
I was always very, very small for my age. Luckily, I was “the smart kid”, and that helped a lot....but I’ll tell you that I was never bullied more than once by the same person in my whole life.
Reason: I learned what I wrote above at a very early age. It has served me well. It’s gospel.