[ A nervous ruffling of his wings can be heard. ]

I... could you... try to do that, with me? I would not ask many others. I could not... trust many others. I do not take being... bound very well. It brings up painful memories for me, but I -

I do want to get past that fear of mine. And... I do like it, when I'm not scared. When I'm simply testing out or... learning knots on my own, I can handle it quite handedly, it's simply that... with others, it's... [ He exhales, exasperated at himself, knowing he's rambling and going everywhere. ]

I can't quite do it with others without feeling a sense of panic. During Tumenalia, I was a bit blindsided by being tied up and I didn't quite realize it until later how terrified I had been underneath my... urges. I've - tried! I've tried, since then, but I can't push it away, and I want to, so I... ah. I simply wanted to know if you would be... available. You needn't do much. I could teach you the knots myself and I have quite a lot of equipment on my own...

[ His voice gets softer and quieter as he speaks, hesitant and shy by the time Aspen actually trails off into silence. ]