[The look he gets goes entirely unnoticed.

He's far more invested in what Ethan starts putting to paper, so to speak, even as he wonders just how much he can get away with in terms of comfort given his own status. He knows what he can't have, but for what he can..? Unsure.]

Steps sounds good. Can see myself falling down a spiral staircase. [And he really isn't that fancy.

Then he pauses, huffing out a little breath through his nose.]

This is gonna be something I have to put through Jacob, isn't it...