Oh? Are you always armed then, these days?

[Casual, but he glances down at the baseball bat in his own hand.]

I don't normally consider myself one to jump in... but somehow it doesn't seem right not to try to find out what's going on.

[It's a puzzle, and he's never been good at not trying to figure out a puzzle.]

It might be a less terrible idea to head in together. There's something to be said for the buddy system.