After the immediate petulant glare at that reaction (Yes, fine. He was hideous. Except no one was allowed to react to that or accept it more than him.), Zel rolled his eyes and scoffed.

"That's hardly any of my business. Especially if you're the brilliant one who can manage allocating all the actual work of trekking out here to someone you're not able to keep tabs on; I would gather you'd have some knack for finding them again."