"Hey, you managed last time!" Johan cheerfully reminded her, returning her grin in full before hopping up one and then another stair to pull himself in front of her, before turning back to take her position of looking behind to grin. "At least for part of it, anyway."

Johan wasn't planning on pushing it anyway, but the subject really seemed to get Kay fired up sometimes, so why not? They didn't have anything better to do while they were stair climbing anyway. "But it's good you can handle it! ... For now."