Yes! I figure that even with Mahira having been in DC for most of the past decade, she kept in touch quite a bit - her family was more or less still in Dunhaven, anyway, so it wouldn't have been difficult to find ways to see her.
I think the gaming stuff - at least for now - is still pretty close-lipped. We'll see if that changes. ;)
DC work would have been a lot with political folk and general social outreach, but I'm good manufacturing any kind of connection there, too!