Was it really that surprising? Taas was an interesting person, and they both had mutual friends, so it made sense to him that they get to know each other past lessons. Not to mention he saw Cyril around the mercenary a lot, and he was curious about the man that made the elf smile like that.

Besides, Taas did ask if he wanted to hang - unless this was talking about literal hanging, then no.

"Shouldn't I be buying you a drink considering you're giving lessons?"