[quote=@Lunarlors34]
[@Lugubrious]
It has occurred to me, is Ash a member yet? XD
Just that Sanderson knew her last name, yet I don't remember the two actually meeting/talking
[/quote]

She's not an official member yet, but she did actually encounter him if not speak to him.  He was among the Frenzy Plant audience members who Indigo and Ashlyn approached.  If that is not satisfactory, it stands to reason that she would have spoken with him briefly on the trip to Belka.