"You can, but it'll cut down the urgency a bit."

Suren glances back as rounds the top landing into the upper hall. There are only two doors, one on either side of the hallway. "You haven't been paired long, have you?" he asks. And then utters an embarrassed little chuckle, though there's no answering flush to his cheeks. "Of course, you couldn't have been, could you? Unless people tether to each other where you're from?"