[ What a stubborn one Enkidu is— but Cú is not going to give a lecture. At least, not yet. Everyone knows that Bonds are necessary already, that doesn't make finding them any bit easier. Especially when it includes changing your own attitude about them. ]

So your Bond would have to be your friend... Sounds like you just need more time to make some. [ A friend, or do they mean a very particular friend that is not here? Spreading out his hand, Caster presses the heel of his palm into one particularly stubborn knot—working it out to release the tension he found. It might be a little painful, but that's what the oil is here for. And in the end, muscles relieved of tensions will feel better afterward. ] As for alternatives— there are familiars, friendly creatures sensitive to magic. Well, any animal can work, as long as it's fond of you, Rituals to expel excess magic works short-term, but they're best when there is someone to receive it.

[ There— the knot goes away, and Cú's touch is back to gentle, almost apologetic ]

Channeling and cycling it through intimacy is also another way. [ Even today some Witches refuses to Bond. And there were ways of handling the build-up before this become popular ]