Keltham definitely looks surprised and pleased; Asmodia possibly looks surprised and disappointed not to be that far ahead of everyone else.
"I did have to get a Fox's Cunning to get that far," Ione says. "I'd have seen if anyone had an Owl's Wisdom left to use on top of Cunning if I still couldn't get it. And I think Asmodia was taking a run at hers unenhanced, at first, before, uh, stuff happened. If you're trying to figure out who's smarter than who, then you need to tell us to not use enhancements, or all use the same enhancements, I guess."
(Ione is the main one here who had to guess at her story instead of just living it; the interaction she had with Asmodia didn't occur in alterCheliax. Well, and Sevar, she supposes.)