[Zacharie blinks a few times as his eyes adjusts to the sudden change in lighting. He doesn't have to duck down that far due to his short stature at least and proceeds across the passageway. Luckily it's not that long so despite the rough nature of it it'll be a short journey.]

This is more than likely an inappropriate moment to bring this up but as a friend my curiosity is unmatched. How are things going, dear friend?

[He knows it's somewhat out of the blue but he feels a need to ask, for some reason.]