[For one of the first times since arriving in Aefenglom, this gives Henry significant pause. Someone proposing to bond with him? He's come to grips with the fact that bonds are not necessarily the dynamic shared between Mhairi and Nessie and can be for convenience's sake, but it still takes him aback that the question's being posed to him.

Realizing that his mouth's hanging open, he laughs.]

Ohh, I gotcha. There sure are a lot of folks out there already paired up to full capacity, aren't there? Slim pickings and all that. Sure! But why before the full moon? Do you think something's gonna happen...?