He’d arrived in late summer, and summer was coming on again - no doubt he’d eventually venture outside the Inn only at night, when it was cool, but for now... well, leather in Asgard’s summers had been miserable, and he’d managed to survive those without a lovely Valkyrie sharing her water. This sun was uncomfortable, but not unusually so.

Also, teaching would be distracting. “Next, make a knot at either end. You can also tie them to something or pin the ends down, but that takes space you may not always have.” A few quick motions twisted the ends of the cut twine into knots like little balls.