That idea makes her flinch. She can see they're all grown in but she had sort of assumed that was from time, not their function. Or was he saying those two as unrelated items. Hmn. Either way, she wasn't sure how she could remove them.

"I'll get them off you someday..." She trailed off as the eight or nine stories of stairs loomed ahead and she started the climb. Hurting him like that didn't seem like an option if she was honest.