Slow, careful, he moves to lean down over her as she eases herself back.

He's subdued enough criminals--and tied himself to enough posts, for various reasons--that he knows his way around knots. He makes sure her wrists are secure but that the scarf isn't tight enough to cut off her circulation, and loops it efficiently around one of the slats in her headboard. Not too tightly, just enough to keep her from worming loose by accident.

"All right?" he asks, once she's bound, watching her eyes carefully.