He looks over at the stairs, then back at her, meeting her eyes for a moment. Nodding, he whispers a "thanks", and start making his way toward the stairs, his steps slow and painful. They'd hit him in the knee earlier, almost as though they'd been warming up, and a jolt of pain goes through it with each step. He won't let himself stumble in front of her, though. Bad enough she'd seen him like this to begin with.