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Loren's eyes swept over Maea for any sign that her tiredness was a result of anything other than exertion. Seeing and hearing none, he nodded. "It is a lot of stairs, yes." Turning his gaze back to the top, he clasped his hands behind his back. "Would you like me to accompany you?" Astra, not particularly liking his monotone, headbutted him gently before trotting over to Maea for some scritches. Watching the luxere's antics with maybe a little bit of a smile, Loren shrugged at Maea's explanation. "Because it seems to happen with alarming regularity, and we seem to run into one another in the places we least expect it?" He wasn't bothered by her presence either, even if he wasn't exactly chipper about it. LOREN Not quite an open book