He's content to keep his distance while he's not sure how his power works. The follow up question is as much personal information as he'd like to disclose at the moment.

"Number Five." It occurs to him that Regulus has just been out here alone, staring at the lake. Lends credence to the idea that they made some sort of bargain with the forest people to hand him over, which makes him wonder what they got in return.

"Are you waiting for someone?" He squints at him at the question. Was he counting on them coming back, or can he actually sense something about the lake?