[At least the surprise is somewhat mutual. He gestures to the empty seat across from him, waving the barkeep over in case he wants to order anything.]

Looking for me?

[The last time Zewu Jun had purposefully sought him out, he'd been trying to convince him to return to Cloud Recesses, to hide away from the world. There was no such threat here, at least, so he had to wonder what it was about.]

Aah, the heat and the strange sounds, right?

[He'd been slow to bring them up, just in case anyone else wasn't hearing them, but it'd been a buzz of conversation amid several hotel denizens.]

I'm afraid my usual methods of investigation aren't working here. I can't so much as activate a simple talisman. But I've been looking into things the old-fashioned way I suppose.