Howard grabs Zetta off the stairs, figuring it's probably best to give Badass of the Overunderwhatever a reason to like him.

He also makes a mental note not to try to kick Chaos, because he's pretty sure the shame would literally kill him if he got kissed. Literally.

He relaxes about a hair, though. Keys, codewords, puzzles? That's way better than a physical challenge, which is what he thought at first. He's good at mental stuff, and the only thing he's really good at physically is running far far away from dangerous things.