[In luck, huh... that's not something he hears very often, not about himself, and it seems to brighten his grin as he nods.]

Sure! I'll try to keep an eye out as much as I can, and maybe you'll be right about it being lucky.

[He doesn't seem to mind setting off first, either, despite his absolutely lacking nature experience-- identifying plants is not navigation-- apparently confident enough that he won't just be setting out alone. If he is, well... he can pick up on this guy, he'll be aware if he's not coming.

Ryan's also pausing to pull a bit of red yarn from his bag and tie it around a tree branch several steps in.]

There-- hopefully we'll be able to just look for that later to find where we came in.