Abel paused as he saw something out of place in the forest, and he carefully made his way over there. It had been something as simple as a color that didn't belong against the tree that had caught his eye. A few feet closer and he was able to make out the person sitting against the tree. Konoha shinobi, jounin by the uniform, and Abel deliberately made some noise so as to not spook the young man.

They were friendly neighbors after all.

"Greetings," he said with a small smile as he stopped out of attack range. In his own Ame jounin uniform with the hitae-ate holding silver bangs out of his eyes, he knew he was easily identifiable, but Abel wasn't hiding what he was.