[Not getting a response back isn't necessarily a bad sign. He's not worried-- It's more obnoxious than anything, more-so that he has to admit in the first place that there's something poke around that's faster than him. A-Fei has always shown up when he's needed, so there's little worry that he wouldn't do so now.]
[Maybe a little more worry when he doesn't see the older man anywhere, but still not unusual.]
[In fact the sudden feeling of descent that happens behind him is both nostalgic and honestly... a little funny in equal parts. Good. Whoever has been trailing him ought to learn a very important lesson. There's some unearned smugness in his expression as he turns around to get a look at this sneaky person--]
[--and a pumpkin zips by in broad view, cover blown, rolling evasively like a gourd out of hell.]
no subject
[Maybe a little more worry when he doesn't see the older man anywhere, but still not unusual.]
[In fact the sudden feeling of descent that happens behind him is both nostalgic and honestly... a little funny in equal parts. Good. Whoever has been trailing him ought to learn a very important lesson. There's some unearned smugness in his expression as he turns around to get a look at this sneaky person--]
[--and a pumpkin zips by in broad view, cover blown, rolling evasively like a gourd out of hell.]
...What.