"Hot water, food, and beds seem to be three of the biggest things people enjoy about this place, from what I've seen so far." Of course, he'd only seen that by going back through the network -- Spender was a firm believer in research and knowing about people -- but his point still stood.
He understood where Aragorn was coming from, though, in a way. Spender had been on the way to being in charge of a field office, his rise had been nothing short of meteoric, and even after a very hard time discovering otherwise, he'd been a large part of keeping William as safe as possible.