It's fine to be level 6. My character has gone through something harsh, so he is level 7. He is at least for now, and I plan to keep him that way, the second highest player, and the second person to reach level 7.
Also, yeah it's fine to make him meet the party and faint. I was just letting you know, if you planned to keep going, I would probably activate Co-GM powers or something like that. 

We have a system for monster exp too. But I am not sure if we posted that yet.