I was thinking the opposite, perhaps. So as to free up our options for the tying, perhaps assess what might work.

[There's a tension in his voice. Chris will be the first person he willingly lets see him naked, the debacle at the aquarium notwithstanding. It's a lot, but he's always known he was going to have to do it sometime. And Chris is a healer, is he not? It might be no different than seeing a physician. (It will be, but it's easier to pretend.)]

I do think it might be easier if there was no expectation of quota, for the clothing part. Perhaps leaving that to the tying.