Reginald smiled fondly at the pair, finally feeling more at ease in their company. Kiley seemed to be looking at him with less suspicion at any rate -- that helped.
"You needn't trouble yourselves in the matter," he assured them. "I can manage steps just fine. Slowly, perhaps, but the work is good for me. A ramp that steep would doubtlessly do more harm than good. A proper ramp would need a much more gradual incline -- it would end up being more than twice as long as the stairways themselves, and there's just no room for such a thing. There would also be the indignity of the thing. Never overestimate the value of dignity."