[.......... ow, man.] [Almost holds him back but at the last moment decides against it - if the situations were reversed, what would he want to do, after all? What did he want to do in the past, with the chance to see his father's ghost (which didn't turn out that great, sure, but)]
... Very well. [He says it quietly, frowning, already second-guessing it before he's letting go of his arm.] But I'm not letting you go alone.
[He won't let this guy go wandering off by himself and getting lost, even if it's not necessarily his business but still it -- hurts, because his words sound a little too familiar and similar and. Well. Ow.]
[Speaking of, he takes off one of his gloves and leaves it on the ground, mostly as a place marker to know where to go and also just in case Merlin decides he wants to go find him or something.]