*nearly falls out of his chair when he notices Jei dash down the hall toward the stairs, his curiosity piqued, he waits a minute however, trying to consider if he should chase the kid and see what was wrong... And after a few moments it occurs to him and he jumps up, moving to follow Jei, though lagging behind because of his delay... and perhaps a bit of hesitance even still... Though he wants to be sure Jei gets to wherever he's racing off to*