Ion wasn't so sure he'd call it a pleasant surprise, but it certainly was much more pleasant than most of other surprises that could be thrown at him in this environment.

"Thank you," he responded politely as he took a seat across from the older man, then nodded at the new question. "Yes! She came here...ah...a month or two after I did, if I remember correctly. She's assigned to a dorm just across the hall from my own." They even had the same Tower-given job! Though, that was a bit off topic. Looking a touch bashful, Ion admitted, "I do wander off from her company perhaps a bit more than she'd like me to."

Her current absence from his side--or even the floor in general--was evidence enough of that. At least Jade was there, now. He could take care of any monsters that may happen to accost them efficiently enough than the Fon Master could. If they were lucky, however, that wouldn't happen. It was still early enough in the day, after all.

"Have you just arrived this morning?"

Ion did try his best to stay caught up to speed with everything that went on around him, but the Tower was just so large and he was so lacking in energy. The Fon Master tended to miss a good deal of happenings because of it.