Jedao is, in fact, just behind him, and emerges from the other stairwell, since he spent two minutes wondering if it was enough of an occasion that he ought to dress up for it, then realized he was going to be late and ran down, re-touseling his for-once combed hair.

He grins at Gonou and breaks into a brief run, catches him up in a tight hug. Even though Gonou looks exactly the same, the joy of the news bursts over him again.

"You did it."