Yes, and rather at length.

With a soft sigh born out of deep thought, you consider your options.

While this did have at least something of a smell of the same sort of letters you used to loathe receiving, it was also obviously well-intentioned. If the two of you were going to live in the same room, you were going to have to find a way to get along, and besides... it never hurt a prospective Wizard to make some allies along the way.

Plus... this individual seemed a bit strange. Your curiosity couldn't help but indulge itself.

Taking ink pot and quill, you began to write on nearby stationary;

Dear Aemnac Haltrayn;

I must admit, it was quite refreshing to find your correspondence upon my arrival. Your sincerity in apologising is appreciated, however it really is required of me to offer my own word of remorse for putting you in such a position. This place is far larger and, indeed, stranger than where I received my many years of study. I found myself taken in by the sights and sounds, and that combined with my inability to distinguish room from room within the confines of the living area caused my incredibly late arrival to come to pass. Thus, it is with the humblest wishes of forgiveness that I counter your apology with my own.

It is disappointing to discover that we live on such different schedules of arcane discovery. I know not a single person here, and thus it was with a full heart that I found this note addressed to me. While I am indeed titled, that is not a portion of my being that I put any particular belief in. If we are to correspond beyond this, or indeed, have the opportunity to meet, I would find myself charmed to have you refer to me by my given name of Hellaine. I would consider it a pleasure to refer to you as such as well, however I would never presume such an inquiry without knowing if you are indeed titled as well, or without knowing your from whence you hail, and indeed, preferred pronouns and descriptors. All things I would very much like to find with time, trust, and opportunity.

Regardless of further conversations between the two of us, I must again give my sincerest gratitude for this small kindness you have so readily gifted me. It is rare in a world with such titles, or even in such competitive environments, to find someone willing to offer such things so easily. That makes you unique within the many people here, even without having met many yet. For the selfish and self-serving type, I do know, and you do not seem to be of their ilk.

With warmest regards,

Hellaine Clairemont.

For a moment, you stare at the paper, a bit surprised at yourself. You're the rather reclusive sort, and it's not exactly like you to readily give such praise... but, on the same token, it's also not like anyone within the environments of this sort of very particular study to offer any sincerity out of the kindess out of the kindness of their hearts, so you felt the need to reciprocate.

Huffing, you undo your hair-tie and turn from the note. You're certain that theory will be proven right with Haltrayn, given enough time.

Over the course of the next few hours, you unpack yourself into the rather generous room to the left wing of the provided living space. For an hour or so beyond that, your usually incredibly centered self take some time to enjoy the fact that you have such a large living space after years of small rooms.

This, you could get used to.