The man stopped himself in his tracks, resting a foot upon the aged root of a tree. Under the cover of his hood, his lips curved into an emblem of wary dislike. After all, he felt that from how the strongly-red hair youth had been acting, their missions were two different things. Either that, or the young man was secretly a master of deception far more skilled than anyone he's encountered before, which seemed more unlikely than being assigned to keep an eye on him. But if so, then who? His own task was dubious enough as it is. Having him around only made things more difficult. The man supposed he'd just have to plan by the circumstances, whenever that bridge came along. For the moment, he spun around just quickly enough that he'd be telling of the fact that they should get a move on.

"It doesn't matter." answered Seth, not bothering to drop his hood. Luke's expression seemed honest enough, and he knew the youth was a good kid, but still left enough doubt to feel that his definition of 'something' was an unhealthy one for the lancer. Nonetheless, he knew that at the time he needed to reprimand Luke for something else, and entirely necessary. "There was no need to have called out to me. Everything you're doing is just attracting something else to their deaths. The ecosystem of this forest is shaky enough as it is, putting aside how you fared while we were separated." said the older man. "You're not confident of your senses enough, for being a Crimson Eagle." Seth continued, turning his back to Luke again. There was a slight pause as he became divided on how to proceed with his mission, and he wondered how things would proceed from then on. He'd decided that the subject of their mission would best be left a (hopefully) mutual illusion for now. Addressing it would inevitably be at one point down the road.

"Let's not waste any more time. A temple of the Sect near Izumo could have been set on fire, and whoever behind it could still be in the area. That's where we're need to go." said Seth, and he started moving forward again, regardless of whether Luke immediately follows or not.