Ah, well. He probably should have expected that. It wasn't so much that he lacked modern social niceties as it was that he lacked social niceties at all. Social interactions were not his strong suit which should not have come as a surprise to anyone.
"Urgency? I mean, not really I can come back another time, if that's more convenient for you." Though honestly it was sort of pressing? He wasn't exactly sure when Xiaofan's second in command would be there, but soon was what he'd been told. So vague.
Still, she didn't turn him away, so he followed her into the kitchen since he'd need her to open the library up. Anyway and he'd never turn down tea.