It's not a huge surprise, no. The Arcaean delegation that was sitting in Zonasa for about a week had Edmund pretty sure Regent Steel was jumping into Arcaea's bed in some way.
Actually, unless there were things going on that nobody told me about (which is, of course, quite possible), it was totally unrelated.
Lord Protector Khaludh wanted to talk to Baranion Anaris about some religious matters only his family would have known about.
