[He certainly isn't aiming for her with that knife, which he very easily could be doing. Hell, if he wanted to keep her for a trophy, he probably would have killed her already...not quickly work to cut off the ropes tying her up. It's working so far, at least until he gets down to the very base of her tail...]

Oh, come on...

[Izuku hisses that under his breath, realizing that in her struggling the rope had tightened to the point where the rope was flush with her skin. There's no way he can hold it away enough to cut it.]

Listen, I- I don't know if you can understand me...but I need to get closer to cut this. Can I do that?