Tian happily accepts that gentle touch and then starts walking down the stairs with her, now and then helping her steady herself with a careful touch on her flank. Hopefully that would not be seen as rude.

Her petname for him makes the old mage chuckle - that was something he had not heard in a long time. These days it was mostly titles - official, boring ones. He finds that he likes it - he likes her in general. A breath of fresh air, indeed.

"I would hope not, but if we cannot find a way out of this place, I'm afraid all the rooms are located up these difficult challenge of stairs."

A bit of a downer, perhaps. So he follows it up with a brighter look. "But I am quite curious to feel what this world is about outside of this house."